Thiruvananthapuram : Customs officials at the Thiruvananthapuram airport have to increasingly stay on alert, as smugglers find innovative ways to disguise gold. The latest example is that of gold worth more than Rs 7.5 lakh seized at the airport on Wednesday.
According to a Customs official, 325 grams of gold was shaped into hooks and rings which were sewn into undergarments. The carrier has been identified as Mohammed Gani from Kasargod. He had arrived in Thiruvananthapuram airport at 5 am, in a Qatar Airways flight which flew from Dubai via Qatar.
The baggage had not drawn any attention at the airports in Dubai and Qatar. A Customs official said that this could be because at the check-in areas, the focus is more on checking for explosives or anything that could potentially disrupt the flight.
“Mohammed would not have been intercepted at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport either, had the operator manning the x-ray baggage scanner not grown suspicious of the tiny metal hooks,” said the official.
05/06/14 New Indian Express
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According to a Customs official, 325 grams of gold was shaped into hooks and rings which were sewn into undergarments. The carrier has been identified as Mohammed Gani from Kasargod. He had arrived in Thiruvananthapuram airport at 5 am, in a Qatar Airways flight which flew from Dubai via Qatar.
The baggage had not drawn any attention at the airports in Dubai and Qatar. A Customs official said that this could be because at the check-in areas, the focus is more on checking for explosives or anything that could potentially disrupt the flight.
“Mohammed would not have been intercepted at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport either, had the operator manning the x-ray baggage scanner not grown suspicious of the tiny metal hooks,” said the official.
05/06/14 New Indian Express
