Ahmedabad: Customs officials at the city’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport arrested a man on Saturday morning with gold, US dollars and electronic goods, all worth Rs30 lakh.
The officials became suspicious about the passenger, Vishnu Shiva Prajapati, who arrived at the city airport from New York on a Qatar airlines flight at 5 in the morning.
A customs official said that the 35-year-old resident of Kalol had travelled abroad earlier too. For this reason, there was no way he could have been ignorant about the rule which makes it mandatory for passengers to declare gold, electronic goods as well as currencies in excess of $5,000, the official said.
24/09/12 Daily News & Analysis
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The officials became suspicious about the passenger, Vishnu Shiva Prajapati, who arrived at the city airport from New York on a Qatar airlines flight at 5 in the morning.
A customs official said that the 35-year-old resident of Kalol had travelled abroad earlier too. For this reason, there was no way he could have been ignorant about the rule which makes it mandatory for passengers to declare gold, electronic goods as well as currencies in excess of $5,000, the official said.
24/09/12 Daily News & Analysis
