Gold hidden in flyer’s face mask seized
Two Packets With Paste Of Metal Found Stitched Inside
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:11.11.2020
Gold smugglers are keeping up with the times. Customs officials at Chennai international airport on Monday found gold paste hidden in two packets stitched inside the mask of a passenger.
Officials said they recovered gold paste weighing 114g from the mask of the passenger who arrived from Dubai in an Emirates flight (EK 544) on Monday.
One gold chain weighing 50g was also recovered from the passenger.
Gold was seized from three more passengers who arrived from Dubai by the same flight.
On persistent questioning, the three passengers admitted to carrying gold paste bundles concealed in their rectums. Sixteen bundles of gold paste were recovered from them.
A total of 1.84 kg of gold valued at ₹97.82 lakh was seized from all the four passengers. Three of them were arrested.
Earlier, seven passengers who had arrived from Dubai by Indigo (6E 66) and Emirates (EK 542) flights were intercepted and searched. A passenger had plastic pouches of gold in the form of paste stitched inside his jeans.
Gold cut bits were recovered from the trouser pockets of another passenger.
On persistent questioning, five passengers admitted to carrying gold paste bundles concealed in their rectums. Twelve bundles of gold paste were recovered from their rectums. Six strips and five gold cut bits were also recovered from them.
A total of 1.65kg gold valued at ₹87.48 lakh was seized from these seven passengers, said Customs officials . Two of them were arrested.
In total, Customs officials seized 3.5kg of gold worth ₹1.85 crore and arrested five passengers.
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