Bengaluru: Customs officials at Kempegowda International Airport have seized 1.72kg gold worth Rs 55 lakh in the past one month.
Customs officials have registered five different cases against smugglers who used unique ways to smuggle the yellow metal.
In the first case that took place on 19 May, 2 gold pieces weighing 233.28gm were found concealed inside a Bluetooth speaker of a check- in luggage of a passenger namely Ibrahim Moozhikkal, who arrived from Bahrain.
gold in bluetooth speaker A gold biscuit was being smuggled by concealing it in a Bluetooth speaker.
On examination of the bags of the passenger, suspected images were seen. On being asked by the customs officers, the passenger insisted that the speaker was genuine and was his personal baggage. However, based on strong suspicion, officers broke open the speaker and found 2 gold pieces worth Rs 7,47,895.
Just a day before, a woman was arrested by Air Intelligence Unit for carrying 583.2gm gold worth Rs 18.69 lakh by concealing it in her rectum.
06/06/18 Kiran Parashar/Times of India
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Customs officials have registered five different cases against smugglers who used unique ways to smuggle the yellow metal.
In the first case that took place on 19 May, 2 gold pieces weighing 233.28gm were found concealed inside a Bluetooth speaker of a check- in luggage of a passenger namely Ibrahim Moozhikkal, who arrived from Bahrain.
gold in bluetooth speaker A gold biscuit was being smuggled by concealing it in a Bluetooth speaker.
On examination of the bags of the passenger, suspected images were seen. On being asked by the customs officers, the passenger insisted that the speaker was genuine and was his personal baggage. However, based on strong suspicion, officers broke open the speaker and found 2 gold pieces worth Rs 7,47,895.
Just a day before, a woman was arrested by Air Intelligence Unit for carrying 583.2gm gold worth Rs 18.69 lakh by concealing it in her rectum.
06/06/18 Kiran Parashar/Times of India
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