Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (ANK)
Mangaluru, Oct 22: The Customs officers at Mangaluru International Airport seized 3124.540 grams of 24 carat purity gold valued at Rs 1,59,66,883 from October 8 to October 21.
The gold was seized from five male passengers who arrived from Dubai.
The gold was smuggled through different modus operandi such as concealment in the paste powder form mixed with solid gum inside jeans, trousers, inner wears worn by the passengers, in rectum and through towels dipped into some solution containing gold.