Saturday, February 18, 2017

Saudi Arabia airline staff held for smuggling gold

Mumbai: In the first case of the year involving an insider in gold smuggling, an airline’s ground staff was arrested for smuggling gold at the Mumbai airport. Goya Ahmad Siraj A, who landed in Mumbai aboard Saudi Arabia airline’s SV 772, was carrying three gold bars weighing 2.1 kilogram worth Rs 64 lakhs.

Based on profiling, the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) officers intercepted the Saudi Arabian national who had arrived from Jeddah. His personal search resulted in the recovery of two gold bars of one kilograms each and one gold bar of 100 gram. These gold bars are valued at Rs 63, 71,400. The passenger had concealed the gold bars in black coloured pouches kept in pockets of trouser worn by him. They were recovered and seized under the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962.

Custom officials said that the passenger in his statement (recorded under the sec. 108 of the Customs Act, 1962) admitted to the knowledge, possession, carriage, concealment and recovery of the said gold bars.

These were being smuggled into India without payment of customs duty and in contravention of provisions of the Customs Act, 1962.
18/02/17 Asian Age
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