Builder caught with jewellery at airport

Mumbai: Unlike recent instances of criminals using ingenious methods to smuggle gold, staid Navi Mumbai builder held for carrying jewellery worth Rs 22 lakh in his hand baggage
While custom officials at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport have witnessed a number of innovative methods used by passengers in August and September to pass undeclared gold jewellery through, including hiding it in electric kettles, kneecaps and underwear, October has proved to be a rather dull month.
On Saturday, custom officials apprehended a well-known developer from Navi Mumbai, Amol Pareira of Pareira Realtors, for carrying undeclared gold jewellery worth Rs 22 lakh in his hand baggage.
Pareira had flown into the city with his wife and mother on an Emirates flight from Dubai. He walked breezily into the green channel with his hand baggage and claimed to have nothing to declare until Sameer Wankhade, deputy commissioner Customs, got his baggage checked and discovered the hidden stash.
16/10/11 Bipin Kumar Singh/MiD DAY

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Categories: airports Oct 2011