Bengaluru: After a long hiatus, the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on Friday witnessed a gold smuggling case in which two passengers flew in from Dubai with about 1.1kg of gold in the form of paste, concealed in the rectum.
The duo was nabbed by Bangalore customs sleuths, who made the suspects retrieve the gold paste. After solidifying the substance, officials estimated the smuggled metal to be worth Rs 37.4 lakh.
KIA, which has been a hotbed for gold smuggling for a while, witnessed a dip in the activity in the past few months, possibly due to intensive checks by authorities and mules opting for other southern airports. However, at 5.35am on Friday, the two smugglers landed at KIA on an Air India flight (AI 994) from Dubai via Goa.
04/08/19 Times of India
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The duo was nabbed by Bangalore customs sleuths, who made the suspects retrieve the gold paste. After solidifying the substance, officials estimated the smuggled metal to be worth Rs 37.4 lakh.
KIA, which has been a hotbed for gold smuggling for a while, witnessed a dip in the activity in the past few months, possibly due to intensive checks by authorities and mules opting for other southern airports. However, at 5.35am on Friday, the two smugglers landed at KIA on an Air India flight (AI 994) from Dubai via Goa.
04/08/19 Times of India
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