Surat: The customs department has apprehended a man who used an innovative method to smuggle in gold in the Sharjah-Surat Air India Express flight on Monday.
Official sources said that the accused had melted 96.41 grams gold to thick paste and hidden it in its shirt’s collar to get away from the electronic eyes of the scanning machines of the customs department at Surat airport. The gold was valued at Rs 3.16 lakh.
An officer on condition of anonymity said, “The operation was carried out successful by the Air Intelligence unit of the customs department at Surat airport. This is one of the unique method of hiding the gold adopted by any smuggler. The smuggler, who is hailing from Surat, had converted the gold in liquid paste form and had hiding behind the collar to escape from the intelligence officials standing guard at the airport”
This is the second incident of gold smuggling in the Sharjah-Surat flight operated by Air India Express. On May 20, the customs department had apprehended the gold smuggler from city’s Salabatpura area with 200 grams gold hidden in the packet tucked below his private parts. The gold was valued at Rs 6.5 lakh.
28/05/19 Times of India
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Official sources said that the accused had melted 96.41 grams gold to thick paste and hidden it in its shirt’s collar to get away from the electronic eyes of the scanning machines of the customs department at Surat airport. The gold was valued at Rs 3.16 lakh.
An officer on condition of anonymity said, “The operation was carried out successful by the Air Intelligence unit of the customs department at Surat airport. This is one of the unique method of hiding the gold adopted by any smuggler. The smuggler, who is hailing from Surat, had converted the gold in liquid paste form and had hiding behind the collar to escape from the intelligence officials standing guard at the airport”
This is the second incident of gold smuggling in the Sharjah-Surat flight operated by Air India Express. On May 20, the customs department had apprehended the gold smuggler from city’s Salabatpura area with 200 grams gold hidden in the packet tucked below his private parts. The gold was valued at Rs 6.5 lakh.
28/05/19 Times of India
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