Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (ANK)
Mangaluru Feb 20: The customs officers at Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) have seized 1625.0 grams of gold valued at Rs 91,35,850 from February 1-15 from five male passengers who arrived from Dubai and Bahrain.
The gold was smuggled through different modus operandi such as concealment in the handle of trolley bag, in rectum, in oral cavity and in the form of thin paste layer pasted inside a carton box.
The officers also seized foreign currency notes worth US $5,100 and £2420 totally equivalent to Indian Rs 6,54,750 from a male passenger who was attempting to smuggle them out of India by Air India Express flight No IX 383 to Dubai.
Further investigation in progress.