New Delhi: The customs department has arrested a passenger with high-definition video cameras worth Rs. 41 lakh from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA).
The passenger, identified as Ashok Kumar, was coming from Singapore and was stopped by the customs official while he was trying to exit from the green channel.
“Kumar arrived on a Singapore airlines flight and on the basis of profiling we stopped him for checking. In his registered baggage, 16 HD video cameras and two designer digital cameras were recovered. He had removed the packing of the cameras,” said a senior customs official requesting anonymity.
The passenger was arrested under the customs act and the cameras were seized from him.
04/05/13 Hindustan Times