Mumbai: In the 19th case of an insider being involved in gold smuggling at the Mumbai airport, a janitor at the airport was caught smuggling gold left by a passenger in a washroom on Tuesday. Mumbai Customs officials seized 18 bars of gold worth Rs 47.81 lakh from the dustbins at the first and last toilet cubicles of the washroom near the immigration arrival hall. According to officials, the gold was carried by Irfan Shaikh, who had travelled from Dubai to Mumbai via Kuwait on a Kuwait Airlines flight. The gold bars were in two packs of 9 bars held together by black adhesive tape.
“The gold was handed over to janitor Vick Prajapati, who was supposed to bring the gold out of the airport to the passenger in return for Rs 30,000. However, a miscommunication between the passenger and the janitor led to Prajapati keeping one packet concealed in the washroom for himself and informing the Customs about the other packet. Officials noticed a scuffle between the two later when Shaikh confronted Prajapati about the gold, leading to the arrest of both,” said a Customs officer.
12/08/15 Indian Express
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“The gold was handed over to janitor Vick Prajapati, who was supposed to bring the gold out of the airport to the passenger in return for Rs 30,000. However, a miscommunication between the passenger and the janitor led to Prajapati keeping one packet concealed in the washroom for himself and informing the Customs about the other packet. Officials noticed a scuffle between the two later when Shaikh confronted Prajapati about the gold, leading to the arrest of both,” said a Customs officer.
12/08/15 Indian Express
