New Delhi: Gold paste, weighing over 900 gm and valued at approximately ₹ 42 lakh, was seized by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) from a passenger at the Imphal Airport on Monday, the CISF said in a release. Four packets of yellow metal paste, weighing about 909.68 gm, were recovered.
CISF Sub-Inspector B Dilli noticed the presence of metal inside the rectal cavity of a passenger while frisking him, the statement said.
The passenger, identified as Mohammed Shereef, is a resident of Kozhikode in Kerala and was scheduled to fly from Imphal to Delhi on an Air India flight at 2:40 pm. He was taken from the Security Hold Area for questioning but "could not reply satisfactorily", authorities said.
Officials then took him to the Medical Examination Room for an X-Ray of his lower body, officials said.
The report showed concealed metallic items inside his body cavity, they said. The passenger later confessed, the official statement said.
28/09/21 NDTV
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