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Another haul: Gold worth Rs 14.62 lac seized at Mangalore Airport

  •   Sat, Oct 26 2013 07:20:20 PM

Another haul: Gold worth Rs 14.62 lac seized at Mangalore Airport

Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (DV)

Mangalore, Oct 26: For the fourth time in three days, the customs officials at Mangalore International Airport on Saturday October 26 arrested a passenger for trying to smuggle in gold from Dubai.

The arrested passenger is identified as Mohammed Arshad (38), a resident Kalanad, Kasargod.

He arrived by Air India Express flight on Saturday morning from Dubai.

The gold, weighing 457.05 grams, worth Rs 14.62 lac, was in the form of wires coated with silver. The wires were concealed in the form of piping in the hem of a plastic cover used for packing quilt. The gold found in the piping weighed 153.2 grams.

The remaining 303.85 grams of gold wires were found concealed inside the handle of a frying pan.

The officials discovered the gold when Arshad's luggage passed through the scanner, sources said.

A case has been registered and further investigations are on.

On Thursday, the customs officials caught two passengers in separate incidents with total 2.45 kg of gold, and on Friday, a passenger was caught smuggling 2.5 kg of gold worth Rs 80.5 lac.
  

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  • Rohan, Pandeshwar

    Wed, Oct 30 2013

    its not easy as you think valerian. The intricacies of law are manifold. The law takes its own course. A case is booked against the offender and the contraband is kept in safe custody of the court till disposal of the case.

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  • shravan, mangalore

    Mon, Oct 28 2013

    its good to know that our mangalore airport customs officials are extra vigilant....

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  • N VITTAL HEGDE, UDUPI

    Mon, Oct 28 2013

    Mangalore is really Golden Airport.Since last 3-4 day's Continue
    sly Police Officials seize gold smugglers.Great contribution to the revenue of M'lore Airport's revenue( more than airport fee collected from travellers)

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  • sulaiman, mangalore/dxb

    Sun, Oct 27 2013

    I personally feel that what we buy and send from dubai is a income for dubai. be it gold or electronics. as you said what does dubai get if they pass on the message to mangalore, ppl will stop buying and then its a loss for dubai. the more sold in dubai the good name they get. one thing is sure, if a mangalorean is sitting in the airport scanner divison then he may pass on the message to get his share. that can happen. but blaming dubai is not acceptable.

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  • valerian D Souza, Mangalore/ Dubai

    Sun, Oct 27 2013

    Dhemaak ki batthi jalao bhai.

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangalore

    Sun, Oct 27 2013

    Mangalore Airport has really become goldmines to the customs in view of so much flow of gold through smuggling.Hope, if the customs become more strict lot of gold can be tapped because of Kerala passengers.All the best.Thanq.

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  • Dheeraj Jathan, Katapady/Khobar

    Sun, Oct 27 2013

    I don't understand why people use mangalore as a hug to smuggle gold and other materials.

    Really after so much incidents, people should be aware about the efficiency of Managlore customs

    heads off

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  • N S Dubai, Karkala

    Sun, Oct 27 2013

    Where are all these seized items going? What will happen to these goods once seized by customs officials?

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  • valerian D Souza, Mangalore/ Dubai

    Sun, Oct 27 2013

    Its very simple. When they get contra band products. They take it to open space and dump the products and they run bull dozer on that...But in the case of gold they take it to their backyard and run bul dozer on that.....full stop to the story...

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  • Amin Bhoja, Patte / Riyadh

    Sun, Oct 27 2013

    People use many kind of tricks to smuggle gold... I feel people are too much crazy about this yellow metal !!!.

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  • Farooq Ibrahim, Mangalore, DXB

    Sun, Oct 27 2013

    @Fousia All the baggages are screened before loading into aircraft. Baggage screening is done after the check in its called as in-line baggage screening if any suspicious itmes found passanger will be held at gates while boarding for clarification.

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  • lobo AG, Mangalore/Mumbai

    Sun, Oct 27 2013

    My earlier comment inert "it is a in the ocean".

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  • Lobo AG, Mangalore/Mumbai

    Sun, Oct 27 2013

    Do you think only four cases were detected? it is a in the ocean. I wonder whether the Customs have fool proof system to check all the baggage. What about gold in the form of jewellery like chains, bracelets worn by people (mostly ladies) and concealed under their garments. what about the customs officers colluding with the smugglers?

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  • simple, Bangalore

    Sun, Oct 27 2013

    Greed also is Mother of Invention.
    Lost everything now. Hard earned money down the drain...

    This inventive way of smuggling gold is better than earlier one.
    Someone may have given out the information to customs. Otherwise it would have been difficult to notice.

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  • Nanag shetty, Kinnigoly ,Oman

    Sun, Oct 27 2013

    Some passengers may not be aware of latest regulations and also technologies available at the airport to detect Gold objects unlike outdated Xray machines which cant differentiate between different metals.
    Basic purpose of law enforcement system is to educate and maintain legal system. Detering is the prioroty over Punishment. Keeping booklets in all flights clearly stating the prevailing import or export allowances ,permitted goods and regulations,specially in domestic languages surely educates the passengers .

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  • Shridhar, Mangalore

    Sat, Oct 26 2013

    Why the media is making such a small issue like getting 14 lac rupees worth of Gold without paying the customs duty when businessmen & politician are cheating the nation in Tax evasion in thousands of crore rupees... I don't condone the gold smuggling, but the guy must have evaded just around a Lac rupees to deserve this treatment...

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  • Pedru, Ullal

    Sat, Oct 26 2013

    I think in coming days there would be checking on all Pant Zips to check whether it is made of Gold!!!

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  • Allan Dcosta, Kinnigoli / Abu Dhabi

    Sat, Oct 26 2013

    Hello.. who said they do not scan in Dubai, only weigh.... I worked in airport so I know were they scan. this is the latest hassle free check in system nowadays adapted in most of the airports in UAE. the bags will be scanned underground in a area with sniffer dogs as well available.they do not stop departing passengers because they are leaving their country unless it is drugs.

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  • Prachara, Mangalore

    Sat, Oct 26 2013

    Mr. Allan Dcosta, Kinnigoli / Abu Dhabi,
    According to you in dubai airport they will scan all the baggage’s and of course they will identify whatever it is (whether it is gold or drug), and if they will find gold in any baggage, i suppose they will pass the message to customs officials of Mangalore International Airport....... then story will go on by seizing....... no wonder.

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  • jeetendra hegde, mumbai

    Sat, Oct 26 2013

    why dubai airport bother about gold carriers?.they want sale of gold as much as possible...

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  • stan, dubai

    Sat, Oct 26 2013

    Bringing Gold to India is criminal offence and sending money from India is also criminal activity. If you want to send money outside India you have fulfill so many Government formalities. But remitting money from Dubai no formalities from Government It is free city you can buy Gold, Diamond from the local markets and carry to your home country on your own risk. Don't comment without knowing the rules of Dubai. They are allowing not only because they want to sell gold.

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  • Sharan K, Mangalore

    Sat, Oct 26 2013

    Day by day smugglers becomes very clever, Come with inventions most succeed, but some failure

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  • Asha, Mangalore

    Sat, Oct 26 2013

    now be generous with your comments...come on....good work Customs

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  • Lingappa , Kuppepadavu/Dublin

    Sat, Oct 26 2013

    Mangalore airport is now a smugglers paradise esp with its proximity to the 'God forsaken' Kasargod. So now innocent passengers too are needlessly grilled.

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  • fouzia, mangalore l dubai

    Sat, Oct 26 2013

    as per what i have noticed in the Dubai airport is that the bags are not scan at the time of departure...from Dubai to India they just weigh the bags and then the person processed to the immigration ...this is the fault of Dubai airport because of negligence .....this is happening and i am proud of bajpe airport good job ...:)

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  • stan, dubai

    Sat, Oct 26 2013

    Dubai is free Airport/sea port. In Dubai exporting gold is not banned.

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  • Abdul Salam, Mangalore/Abudhabi

    Sat, Oct 26 2013

    hello why should dubai airport authorities about what you are carrying to your home country unless it is drugs OR U.A.E Banned items. Moreover there is scanning system once your baggage gets out of the boarding pass counter.

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  • Navin Shetty, Manipal/Bahrain

    Sun, Oct 27 2013

    No, all bags are scanned prior to stack into the plane. Though the bags are not scanned in front of the passenger while check-in but those are scanned later in the conveyer belt before loading. Its foolishness to think bags are not scanned.

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  • arfath, qatar

    Sat, Oct 26 2013

    instead of digging gold based on the dream, one should stay in the security dept of the the airport. im sure they will find more....

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  • jeetendra hegde, mumbai

    Sat, Oct 26 2013

    Is someone dreamt of gold in kasargod?...contact con-greess ..they will arrange the digging hhahahah

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  • arfath, qatar

    Sat, Oct 26 2013

    oh man... stop pulling politics into everything..

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