According to officials, the seized gold, which was concealed by the passenger in the waistband of his pant and a specially stitched pocket of his undergarment, was in paste form.
"Acting on intelligence, Customs officers at Trichy airport seized gold weighing 1.3 Kg of 24 Karat purity and 25.00 grams of 22 Karat purity totally valued at Rs 79.12 Lakh from 8 passengers who arrived through flights from Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Dubai on July 6 2023 and July 7 2023,"
"Based on intelligence, the passenger was intercepted by customs officials at the arrival hall. On his examination one gold chain of 181.00 Grams concealed in a pant pocket and 39 Nos. of rectangular-shaped thin gold plates weighing 201 grams, ingeniously concealed in old smartphones was rec
The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) at Trichy International Airport arrested a passenger on Tuesday and seized 318.5 grams of 24-carat gold worth Rs 19.12 lakh.
The pax was on Air-India express, flight number IX-474. Four capsules of gold in compund form were concelaed inside his body. The passenger, identified as Asraf, is a native of Kozhikode. The gold has been seized from his possession. Investigation is going on.
"The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU), Kochi, seized 2207.24 gms of foreign-origin gold jewelry worth Rs 1,21,83,965 from 4 passengers who had arrived from Malaysia at Kochi Airport," the official statement said.
Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs Department has seized 1705.3 grams of gold worth more than core from two male passengers at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport who were concealing it in the form of gold paste in their rectum, an official statement said on Tuesday.