Chanadigarh: A fine of over Rs 1.73 lakh was imposed on a Ludhiana woman by the Customs department at Chandigarh International Airport on Wednesday morning after she arrived from Bangkok with 146 gm of gold worth Rs 4.11 lakh. This is the third incident this month when the Customs managed to foil the gold smuggling bids at the airport.
Sources said that a women, a resident of Ludhiana who runs a boutique arrived with three more people at the airport. Customs officials said that she was initially carrying a gold biscuit, but as soon she arrived, she went to the washroom where she converted it to a bangle and wore it.
“It was intercepted by the Customs department when she passed through the green channel. She was allowed to go after imposing a fine of Rs 1.73 lakh,” said a custom official, adding that the Assistant Commissioner level officer can release the gold by imposing a fine in the case worth Rs 5 lakh, and the same was done in this case as well.
23/01/18 Indian Express
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Sources said that a women, a resident of Ludhiana who runs a boutique arrived with three more people at the airport. Customs officials said that she was initially carrying a gold biscuit, but as soon she arrived, she went to the washroom where she converted it to a bangle and wore it.
“It was intercepted by the Customs department when she passed through the green channel. She was allowed to go after imposing a fine of Rs 1.73 lakh,” said a custom official, adding that the Assistant Commissioner level officer can release the gold by imposing a fine in the case worth Rs 5 lakh, and the same was done in this case as well.
23/01/18 Indian Express
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