Ahmedabad: Gold smuggling has become rampant in the state as more and more people are being caught smuggling gold through city airport.
Customs department on Wednesday night held a man for smuggling gold worth Rs 20.8 lakh at Sardar Vallabhbhai International airport. Mundra resident Mohammad Rafique Abdullah was caught with 706 grams of gold concealed in side strips of trolley bag and stitched in quilt at city airport.
According to sources, Rafique is a first time carrier. This is the fourth such incident in this month and 25th incident of gold smuggling since January 2014.
Rafique arrived from Dubai in Spicejet flight SG-016 on Wednesday night. He was intercepted and diverted to red channel for detailed examination of his baggage. Acting on a tip-off, customs officials had detained Rafique. "Rafique had concealed gold weighing 705.58 grams in the side strips of the trolley bag in rod form and some gold was also found in the quilt in the thin strip form," a customs official said.
18/04/14 Times of India
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Customs department on Wednesday night held a man for smuggling gold worth Rs 20.8 lakh at Sardar Vallabhbhai International airport. Mundra resident Mohammad Rafique Abdullah was caught with 706 grams of gold concealed in side strips of trolley bag and stitched in quilt at city airport.
According to sources, Rafique is a first time carrier. This is the fourth such incident in this month and 25th incident of gold smuggling since January 2014.
Rafique arrived from Dubai in Spicejet flight SG-016 on Wednesday night. He was intercepted and diverted to red channel for detailed examination of his baggage. Acting on a tip-off, customs officials had detained Rafique. "Rafique had concealed gold weighing 705.58 grams in the side strips of the trolley bag in rod form and some gold was also found in the quilt in the thin strip form," a customs official said.
18/04/14 Times of India
