Mumbai: In arguably the biggest seizure so far at city airport in a single day, the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of airport customs seized a total of 18kg gold, valued over Rs5 crore, in four different cases on Tuesday. In two cases, gold bars were found in the toilets of two Jet Airways flights from Dubai.
With this, the total value and quantity of gold seized at city airport this year has gone up to around Rs83 crore and 32kg.
According to AIU officials, three kilogrammes each of gold bars were recovered from the toilets of aircraft 9W 537 and 9W 543. The value of each consignment is said to be over Rs82 lakh. AIU officials suspect the gold was meant to be picked up by a passenger who would have continued on the flight to a domestic destination. Both the flights were meant to go ahead till Udaipur and Hyderabad.
26/03/14 Shahkar Abidi/Daily News & Analysis
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With this, the total value and quantity of gold seized at city airport this year has gone up to around Rs83 crore and 32kg.
According to AIU officials, three kilogrammes each of gold bars were recovered from the toilets of aircraft 9W 537 and 9W 543. The value of each consignment is said to be over Rs82 lakh. AIU officials suspect the gold was meant to be picked up by a passenger who would have continued on the flight to a domestic destination. Both the flights were meant to go ahead till Udaipur and Hyderabad.
26/03/14 Shahkar Abidi/Daily News & Analysis
