Panaji: In the largest seizure of smuggled gold that Goa has seen, two Sri Lankan nationals and an Indian from Kerala were held at Dabolim international airport by customs officers on Tuesday, for smuggling 4.5 kg of the precious metal concealed in their rectums. The haul, valued at over 1.3 crore, was being smuggled into the country from the Middle-East.
The three unidentified men were traveling on an Air India flight from Dubai, via Mumbai to Goa.
"We are yet to establish the link between the three, but we suspect that they had received the smuggled gold on board the flight, and had concealed it in their rectums just before landing," customs commissioner V PC Rao said.With the price of gold crossing the Rs 31,000 mark (per ten grams) in India, cases of gold smuggling are becoming increasingly common, Rao said.
21/08/13 Times of India
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The three unidentified men were traveling on an Air India flight from Dubai, via Mumbai to Goa.
"We are yet to establish the link between the three, but we suspect that they had received the smuggled gold on board the flight, and had concealed it in their rectums just before landing," customs commissioner V PC Rao said.With the price of gold crossing the Rs 31,000 mark (per ten grams) in India, cases of gold smuggling are becoming increasingly common, Rao said.
21/08/13 Times of India
