Tiruchy: Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) sleuths at Tiruchy international airport have nabbed two passengers from Dubai who tried to smuggle pieces of gold by swallowing them.
The duo has been admitted in the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital after court orders and doctors are treating them to ‘bring out’ the gold pieces.
The air customs officials noticed two passengers — Abdul Rasheed (31) and Mohamed Askar Ali (28) — of Nambuthalai in Thiruvadanai Taluk in Ramanathapuram district, behaving in suspicious manner when they arrived here by an Air India Express flight at 1:40 pm on Tuesday.
After becoming suspicious, the officials made the duo pass through the metal detector to check if they were concealing any valuables. Since they were not satisfied, the duo was frisked and was made to undergo the scanner check. After the check, the officials ascertained that they had swallowed the yellow metal in a bid to evade customs duty. Subsequently, they were detained by the officials and admitted in the hospital.
11/09/14 New Indian Express
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The duo has been admitted in the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital after court orders and doctors are treating them to ‘bring out’ the gold pieces.
The air customs officials noticed two passengers — Abdul Rasheed (31) and Mohamed Askar Ali (28) — of Nambuthalai in Thiruvadanai Taluk in Ramanathapuram district, behaving in suspicious manner when they arrived here by an Air India Express flight at 1:40 pm on Tuesday.
After becoming suspicious, the officials made the duo pass through the metal detector to check if they were concealing any valuables. Since they were not satisfied, the duo was frisked and was made to undergo the scanner check. After the check, the officials ascertained that they had swallowed the yellow metal in a bid to evade customs duty. Subsequently, they were detained by the officials and admitted in the hospital.
11/09/14 New Indian Express
