Mumbai: The Customs department on Saturday foiled an attempt by an individual to smuggle gold worth Rs 1.55 crore.
Ilyas Ismail Museji Bhana, who arrived from Dubai by a Jet Airways flight (9W 0543), was arrested for the act. Customs officials said that Bhana was found to have hidden five gold bars weighing 1 kg each in a white coloured waist belt that he had tied below the abdominal region inside his pants. He was apprehended after being searched, officials said.
After landing in Mumbai, Bhana managed to clear through the green channel but ran out of luck after the Customs officials intercepted him around 3am.
25/11/12 Times of India
To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline
Ilyas Ismail Museji Bhana, who arrived from Dubai by a Jet Airways flight (9W 0543), was arrested for the act. Customs officials said that Bhana was found to have hidden five gold bars weighing 1 kg each in a white coloured waist belt that he had tied below the abdominal region inside his pants. He was apprehended after being searched, officials said.
After landing in Mumbai, Bhana managed to clear through the green channel but ran out of luck after the Customs officials intercepted him around 3am.
25/11/12 Times of India
