Ahmedabad: In four separate incidents spread over two days, Customs officials have arrested six passengers from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA), Ahmedabad while attempting to smuggle gold into the country and seized six kg gold from their possession.
“In four different incidents, six passengers were intercepted by the officers of the Customs Department, SVPIA, Ahmedabad,” a Customs official said.
Officials seized 5.94 kg of gold, and the market value of the yellow metal was estimated to be Rs 1.62 crore.
In the first case involving three passengers on Thursday, Syed Siffath Raza, a resident of Alipur in Chikkabalapur in Karnataka, came as a domestic passenger from Delhi. His accomplices Mir Roshan Hyder and Syed Nabi Reza, also residents of Alipur, had returned from Singapore by Singapore Airlines flight.
13/06/14 Business Standard
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“In four different incidents, six passengers were intercepted by the officers of the Customs Department, SVPIA, Ahmedabad,” a Customs official said.
Officials seized 5.94 kg of gold, and the market value of the yellow metal was estimated to be Rs 1.62 crore.
In the first case involving three passengers on Thursday, Syed Siffath Raza, a resident of Alipur in Chikkabalapur in Karnataka, came as a domestic passenger from Delhi. His accomplices Mir Roshan Hyder and Syed Nabi Reza, also residents of Alipur, had returned from Singapore by Singapore Airlines flight.
13/06/14 Business Standard
