Mangalore: Two more smuggling attempts foiled at airport, gold worth Rs 28 lac seized
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore
Mangalore, Feb 14: In two more fresh cases of attempted smuggling, the officers of customs at Mangalore International Airport seized gold totally weighing 932.500 grams on Friday February 14. In both cases, the gold was in the form of sheets hidden in the base of trolley bags of two passengers who arrived by the same flight from Dubai.
In the first case, the officers seized two gold sheets, totally weighing 466 grams and valued at Rs 14,09,650 concealed in the base of a brown coloured rexine trolley bag belonging to passenger Shereef Abdulkareem, a resident of Thekkil, Kasaragod.
Shereef arrived at Mangalore International Airport on Friday at about 5.30 pm by Air India Express fight IX384 from Dubai.
Similarly, in the second case, the officers seized two gold sheets, totally weighing 466.500 grams and valued at Rs 14,11,162, concealed in the base of a black coloured rexine trolley bag.
The bag was in the possession of passenger Riyas Kuchanath Purayil, a resident of Haripuram, Kasaragod. He too arrived at Mangalore International Airport on Friday at about 5.30 hrs by Air India Express flight IX384 from Dubai.
The total gold seized in both the cases is valued at Rs 28,20,812.
Operations were conducted under the supervision of Pravin Vinod, assistant commissioner of customs, Mangalore International Airport.
Further investigation is in progress in both the cases, under the guidance of commissioner D Purushotham.