Jaipur: Customs officials on Sunday arrested a passenger with 738.6 grams of gold in bullet-shape being concealed in the rectum while he landed from Bangkok to Jaipur airport. The accused was produced in a court and was sent to jail.
According to the authorities, acting on a specific input the passenger was first detained and frisked at the airport. “While checking we found that two bullet-shaped pieces were concealed in the rectum of the accused. It weighted 738.6 grams. A case under appropriate sections of Customs Act was lodged against the accused who was also sent to jail,” an officers with Jaipur customs told TOI.
Officials of customs department added that Bangkok is emerging as a new smuggling centre after Dubai. “One of the reasons is that in India, import duty on gold is 10% and jewellers have been demanding to cut it down to 4%. At this import duty, if a person is able to smuggle 1kg of gold, he has already earned a profit of Rs 2 lakh. This is the reason why there was a spurt in such cases in the year 2018, which continues,” said an officer on condition of anonymity.
25/02/19 Times of India
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According to the authorities, acting on a specific input the passenger was first detained and frisked at the airport. “While checking we found that two bullet-shaped pieces were concealed in the rectum of the accused. It weighted 738.6 grams. A case under appropriate sections of Customs Act was lodged against the accused who was also sent to jail,” an officers with Jaipur customs told TOI.
Officials of customs department added that Bangkok is emerging as a new smuggling centre after Dubai. “One of the reasons is that in India, import duty on gold is 10% and jewellers have been demanding to cut it down to 4%. At this import duty, if a person is able to smuggle 1kg of gold, he has already earned a profit of Rs 2 lakh. This is the reason why there was a spurt in such cases in the year 2018, which continues,” said an officer on condition of anonymity.
25/02/19 Times of India
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