Kochi: The Customs air intelligence unit (AIU) at the Cochin International Airport Ltd (Cial) foiled two separate gold smuggling bids over the weekend with the seized a total of 2.4kg of gold from two passengers.
In one case, 1,347.8g of gold cleverly concealed as layers within clothes was seized from Faijas of Kozhikode who arrived from Dubai on Friday. He was intercepted at the green channel, based on profiling done by the AIU officers. “Gold paste layer sandwiched between two layers of the vest and jeans worn by the passenger was recovered. Further investigations are on,” said an officer.
In the second case, gold worth Rs 51 lakh was seized from Abdu Rouff of Kozhikode who arrived from Sharjah on Saturday.
“During examination, four cylindrical shaped capsules weighing 1,060.41g were found concealed in his rectum,” said an officer.
The gold is converted into compound form by smugglers to try to beat the metal detectors. Pure gold is extracted from the compound once the smuggled contraband reaches the destination. Officers said that an investigation was on to find the source and destination of the contraband.
17/09/2023 Times of India
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