Jaipur: Jaipur airport customs officials on Wednesday seized semi-precious stones worth Rs 12 lakh from a passenger arriving from Sharjah . The accused, Mohammd Ilyas, a resident of the Walled City, was arrested after a tip-off by an intelligence agency.
The seized stones include ruby, emerald and tanzanite. "Prima facie investigations reveled that Mohammed is a trained carrier. He made frequent trips to Middle East and is suspected to have worked for smugglers based in Dubai, Sharjah and India," said a customs officer.
The customs has charged him for evading customs duty of the items. The officers failed to ascertain the source and destination of smuggled stones as carriers usually have no clue. "Big smugglers run their business on the basis of carriers and always look for a new face that can fool the airpoty security systems and scanners," an official said.
25/10/12 Times of India
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The seized stones include ruby, emerald and tanzanite. "Prima facie investigations reveled that Mohammed is a trained carrier. He made frequent trips to Middle East and is suspected to have worked for smugglers based in Dubai, Sharjah and India," said a customs officer.
The customs has charged him for evading customs duty of the items. The officers failed to ascertain the source and destination of smuggled stones as carriers usually have no clue. "Big smugglers run their business on the basis of carriers and always look for a new face that can fool the airpoty security systems and scanners," an official said.
25/10/12 Times of India
