22 instances of tried smuggling have been reported at Mumbai airport from July 1-9
Mumbai:
Makes an attempt to smuggle gold price crores have landed six Indians who arrived from the Gulf in bother – regardless of hiding the steel within the type of mud and even in pen refills.
Three of the passengers had arrived from Sharjah, two from Dubai, and one from Jeddah.
Throughout Customs checking, they had been discovered carrying gold mud in wax and gold chains and rods weighing about 5 kg, which that they had hid of their our bodies, garments, in refills of ball pens, and spectacle containers. All six of them had been arrested.
This was among the many 22 instances of tried smuggling reported on the Mumbai airport between July 1-9. Customs officers have seized over 16 kg gold price over Rs 10 crore and overseas forex price half a crore from passengers throughout this era.
Throughout 1–9 July, 2024, Airport Commissionerate, Mumbai Customs Zone-III seized over 16.01 Kg Gold valued at Rs. 10.08 Cr & Overseas Forex valued at Rs. 0.48 Cr throughout 22 instances. Gold was discovered hid in garments, in refills of pen, on the physique & in physique. Six Pax had been arrested. pic.twitter.com/KkzjVsK6gl
— Mumbai Customs-III (@mumbaicus3) July 10, 2024
In one other occasion reported by the Customs, 13 Indians coming individually from Dubai, Muscat and Sharjah had been caught attempting to smuggle gold hid of their inners, baggage, and even between layers of papers.
A overseas nationwide travelling from Sharjah too was discovered with an undeclared gold chain weighing 260 grams.
Two Indians had been stopped from flying to Bangkok with foreign currency price over Rs 48 lakh – pasted between two layers of cardboard items in a polythene bag.
Customs officers additionally discovered 4 gold bars – weighing a complete of 467 kg and valued at over Rs 29 lakh – in a pouch underneath a seat in an IndiGo aircraft. Thy additionally discovered two pouches of gold mud price over Rs 2 crore hidden underneath the life jacket underneath a passenger seat of an Air India Specific plane.
Gold is comparatively cheaper within the Gulf international locations, which makes a number of fliers resort to smuggling the costly steel and revenue from the distinction in costs.
