Lankan held for smuggling gold biscuits

Kochi: The attempt by a Sri Lankan national to smuggle 14 gold biscuits of 100 gm each by concealing them in his rectum was thwarted by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials at the Cochin International Airport here on Thursday.
The Sri Lankan national, identified as Altaf Shahul Hameed, 47, of Colombo, was arrested at the airport by a DRI team led by senior officer N S Dev.
According to DRI sources, the person was nabbed based on an intelligence input.
The person has been shifted to the Government General Hospital to remove the biscuits from the rectum.
06/01/12 Times of India

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