Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Flyer held for smuggling rare metal worth 20 L

Mumbai: Customs officials at the city airport on Monday night arrested a passenger for carrying iridium, a rare expensive metal. The passenger, Mohammed Shoaib, was carrying 1 kg of iridium , which is used by jewellers to enhance the weight of gold and platinum ornaments to dupe customers . The metal was worth Rs 20 lakh .
Customs officials at the airport said that Shoaib landed at Mumbai airport from Hong Kong by a Kingfisher flight late on Monday. While he was trying to pass through the green channel, Customs officials stopped him for interrogation. "He was stopped on suspicion and his bags were checked. When questioned, he admitted that he was trying to smuggle the metal into the country,'' said a senior customs official.
22/06/11 Chinmayi Shalya/Times of India
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