A release from the office of the Commissioner of Customs said based on intelligence,
in two separate incidents, two passengers who arrived from Kuwait, by Indigo Airlines
flight and Sri Lankan Airlines Flight (Kuwait-Colombo-Chennai) were intercepted at the
exit by Customs officers.
On examination of their checked-in baggage, gold cut bits concealed inside handles
of glass lid casseroles were recovered.
Six gold cut bits were recovered from the handles of each glass lid casserole totally
weighing 540 grams and 556 grams respectively.
The same was seized under the
Customs Act, 1962.
In another incident, a passenger, who arrived from Dubai via Fly Dubai Flight FZ-was
intercepted at theexit and on examination of the checked-in luggage having five
Nos burqas, the button of which was made of gold, four beads made of gold and
a small cut chain made of gold, four number of i-phone, 13 pro max and 4,800 sticks
of cigarettes were recovered.
Thus 125 grams of gold, 4 i-phone 13 pro max and 4,800 sticks of cigarettes were
recovered and seized under Customs Act, 1962.
In all, a total of 1.22 kgs of gold worth Rs. 54.87 lakhs and other goods worth
Rs. 3.86 lakhs were seized under Customs Act, 1962.
Further investigation is under progress.
22/11/21 UNI
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