Chennai: Smuggled gold worth Rs 50 lakh was seized by air customs officials at the Anna International Airport in two separate cases reported during the weekend. Based on a tip-off, officials from the air intelligence unit of the office of the commissioner of customs conducted a thorough search in an Air India flight that arrived from Sharjah via Thiruvananthapuram.
They found a white cloth pouch hidden under the cushion of one of the seats. On examination, the officials found eight gold bangles and four gold chains of 24 carat purity, weighing 1.25kg valued at Rs 41 lakh. The officials later apprehended Mullukan Abdul Rahman Basheer Ahamed, 56, of Thiruvarur, who travelled from Sharjah to Chennai and had occupied the seat. He was arrested after he confessed to smuggling the gold.
28/05/19 Times of India
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They found a white cloth pouch hidden under the cushion of one of the seats. On examination, the officials found eight gold bangles and four gold chains of 24 carat purity, weighing 1.25kg valued at Rs 41 lakh. The officials later apprehended Mullukan Abdul Rahman Basheer Ahamed, 56, of Thiruvarur, who travelled from Sharjah to Chennai and had occupied the seat. He was arrested after he confessed to smuggling the gold.
28/05/19 Times of India
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