Tuesday, October 20, 2020

842 gm gold worth Rs 44.4 lakh seized by Air Customs, one arrested

Chennai: Officials of Customs Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) late on Monday night seized 842 gm gold worth Rs 44.4 lakh in two separate incidents and arrested one person at the Anna international airport here.
A release from the Commissioner of Customs said based on intelligence that gold was likely to be smuggled from Dubai two cases smuggling were detected. In the first case, a passenger Syed Mohamed Buhari (51) of Sivaganga, who arrived from Dubai by Fly Dubai Flight was intercepted and on persistent questioning confessed to carrying gold paste in rectum. On personal search two gold paste bundles were recovered from rectum. Total 484 gms of gold valued at Rs 25.5 lakh was recovered after extraction and the same was seized. The passenger has been been arrested. 
In the second case, one Syed Ali (39) of Ramanathapuram who arrived from Dubai by an Air India Express Flight was intercepted and on persistent questioning confessed to concealing gold paste bundles in rectum. On personal search four bundles were recovered from the rectum and after extraction 358 gms gold valued at Rs 18.9 lakh was recovered. In all 842 gms gold of 24 K purity worth Rs 44.4 lakh was recovered and seized under the Customs Act 1962. Further investigation is under progress. 
20/10/20 UNI
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