Goa Customs officials seized 1086 grams of gold worth Rs 31.03 lakhs from Kuwait-Chennai bound flight via Goa VASCO: Customs officials seized 1086 grams of gold worth over Rs 31 lakhs at Goa International Airport on Tuesday.
On arrival of Kuwait-Goa-Chennai Air India Flight AI 976 on December 25, officers of Goa Customs headed by Assistant Commissioner of Customs N G Patel under the supervision of Additional Commissioner of Customs T R Gajalakshmi who rummaged the aircraft recovered assorted gold jewellery weighing 1086 grams valued at Rs 31.03 lakhs which was kept in a plastic carry bag and was placed in the toilet of the aircraft.
The said modus-operandi was to pass the gold jewellery to some domestic passenger boarding from Goa. The Customs officers inquired about the ownership of gold from the passengers but no passenger came forward to claim the ownership. The said gold was seized under the Customs Act 1962. The whole exercise was conducted under the overall guidance of R. Manohar, Commissioner of Customs. Further investigation is under progress.
26/12/18 Herald
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On arrival of Kuwait-Goa-Chennai Air India Flight AI 976 on December 25, officers of Goa Customs headed by Assistant Commissioner of Customs N G Patel under the supervision of Additional Commissioner of Customs T R Gajalakshmi who rummaged the aircraft recovered assorted gold jewellery weighing 1086 grams valued at Rs 31.03 lakhs which was kept in a plastic carry bag and was placed in the toilet of the aircraft.
The said modus-operandi was to pass the gold jewellery to some domestic passenger boarding from Goa. The Customs officers inquired about the ownership of gold from the passengers but no passenger came forward to claim the ownership. The said gold was seized under the Customs Act 1962. The whole exercise was conducted under the overall guidance of R. Manohar, Commissioner of Customs. Further investigation is under progress.
26/12/18 Herald
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