Mumbai: An industrialist was arrested by the air intelligence unit (AIU) early on Sunday morning for attempting to evade duty on expensive gadgets and gold. In a separate case, a Zambian woman was arrested for carrying drugs weighing 9 kg.
The businessman was intercepted when he landed in Mumbai while the Zambian national was arrested ahead of her departure. Around 4am, Chirag Patel, owner of a pharmaceutical firm Plethico, which makes diet supplements, landed in Mumbai from the US by an Emirates flight. While he was crossing the green channel, he was asked by the AIU officials if he wanted to declare anything. Even as Patel said he had nothing to declare, AIU officials insisted on a check. Officials said they found iPads, expensive phones and tablets in commercial quantity costing Rs 5 lakh.
08/04/13 Times of India
