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What next? Gold found in wafer tin, trouser hooks at Mangalore Airport

  •   Tue, Feb 18 2014 02:55:59 PM

What next? Gold found in wafer tin, trouser hooks at Mangalore Airport

Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore

Mangalore, Feb 18: Smugglers of gold are getting innovative by the day, but not enough to outsmart the alert customs officers at Mangalore International Airport.

The officers of customs at Mangalore International Airport busted yet another modus operandi and detected concealment of gold in the baggages of passengers arriving from Dubai on Tuesday February 18, in two separate cases.

The officers seized gold totally weighing 789.950 grams valued at Rs 24,09,347 in the two cases. 

In the first case, the officers seized one gold sheet and one gold rod, totally weighing 351.350 grams and valued at Rs 10,71,617 concealed in a cream wafer tin and a marker pen and further concealed in a carton.

The carton was seized from the possession of a passenger named Jaiyafar Chala Muhammed Kunhi Haji, a resident of Vidyanagar, Kasaragod. He arrived at Mangalore International Airport on February 18 at around 5.30 am by Jet Airways fight 9W531 from Dubai.

In the second case, the officers seized 18 sets of gold hook holders and hook bar holders for trousers, coated with silver colour paint, totally weighing 438.600 grams and valued at Rs 13,37,730.

The gold hooks and bar holders were concealed in the trousers kept in a carton box that was in possession of a passenger named Noushad Mouval, a resident of Thachangad House, Pallikere, Kasaragod. He arrived at Mangalore International Airport on Tuesday at around 7.30 am by Air India Express flight IX814 from Dubai.

In both the cases it is noticed that the smugglers resorted to unique methods of concealing the goods by fabricating/moulding the gold in various shapes and concealing the same in their baggages.
  

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  • jai shetty, mangalore/dubai

    Wed, Feb 19 2014

    God knows how many gold bars are passed before. Custom officers catch 1 or 2 cases out of 100. Very soon Mangalore & kasargod become a very rich city.

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  • ROSHNI, Mangalore

    Wed, Feb 19 2014

    Customs people seized lots of gold... now at least Air India Xpress will provide good food for their passengers.....

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  • Rudolf, Mangalore/Mumbai

    Wed, Feb 19 2014

    On a lighter note customs should now even look with suspicion dead bodies, and check each and every passenger's cavity and teeth!!!LOL!!!

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  • Well Wisher, M'lore

    Wed, Feb 19 2014

    d not worry one day Air India Express come with full gold plated in M'lore from dubai by kasargod people

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  • Well wisher, Udupi

    Wed, Feb 19 2014

    One solid idea what if u break all the smugglers teeth, at least he can come with a set of golden teeth, I'm sure he will not be questioned by customs for this.am I giving criminal ideas ha ha ha .....

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  • Nenari, Nirmar

    Wed, Feb 19 2014

    How about banning Kasargod passengers to Mangalore Airport? let them have a Gulf - Kasargod Airport with Tight security!!

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  • sam, mangalore/doha

    Wed, Feb 19 2014

    What is this is an intentional surrender with a small loot in lakhs by the culprit, to divert the police attention and something big in crores get away easily by diverting police attention towards this small catch.

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  • Evans Christopher Sumitra, Udupi/Dubai/New York,USA.

    Wed, Feb 19 2014

    GOLD has become a hot cake and hence these smugglers will try every trick.

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  • Edward Menezes, Bantakal

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    Congrats to all d customs officers @ Mangalore Airport,you guys are fulfilling your duties to the best of your abilities,keep up d good job

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  • Anil Matadakani, Mangalore, dubai

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    What an idea sirji......!!!!!!!! may be next move artificial finger or gold covered human organ ..hahahaha...

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  • Peter Lewis, Kalmady/k s a

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    Kasargodians are very very very............very intelligent!

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  • Charles D'Mello, Pangala

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    As long as customs officials are having the high density metal detector, they will find gold even if it is in the stomach. Why cant these stupid guy's from Kasargod understand this...!!!!!?????

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  • Sharrel DSouza, Sharjah

    Thu, Feb 20 2014

    Why blame the city? Blame the person/people who are doing this.

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  • William, Bantwal

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    People are smart want to try their best to bring in gold by cheating but fail. If I want, I will train a parrot to bring gold to my house.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mapusa

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    I am sure Modi would have given us the solution...

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangalore

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    Man's greed to become rich overnight lead him to know all these shortcuts in the trade of smuggling.This may continue for some time, but will stop when the Customs become smarter.All the best.Thanq.

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  • Nithan Rodriguies, Mangalore / Bangalore

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    Please sell all seized gold. Let’s use this money to eradicate Malaria from Mangalore.

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  • Ranjith, udupi

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    It is getting closer and closer. Soon someone will smuggle an extra pair of gold testicles inside his pant..

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  • XAVIER, USA

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    Ranjith_udupi,

    You are ultimate, so much of fun can't stop anymore....!!!!.cheers

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  • samson Dsouza, udupi

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    All is Well.As these Customs officials are catching the smuggled Goods.What about Next Step where these smuggled goods goes.Are these Accountable?? Is there any Track record?? If So its A Good Revenue for the Government. Government must spend this revenue for the good cause.And shouldn't be utilized by Corrupt officials. Man-galore Airport Needs Safe Wrapping Counter, which is not available At Present.The counter must be Auctioned for lower bid so that Passengers may Avail better Rates for the Transactions.Now one Normal soda at Mangalore airport is costing Rupees 40.This is because of high bidding to attain the counter.Even passenger can not have a better dine and snack because of high rates.

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  • Gibbs, Udupi

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    It looks like these caught smugglers are either small time operators or may be just a tactic to divert attention of customs officers from major consignment slipping away from the same door. It's like "Hati chale gayi aur poonch pakad ke latak na" Margin on gold is so attractive, that big players will not just stay away from their business

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  • KARUNA, Mangalore/Duabi

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    Customs department will shortly have a new employee by the name of Mr Chidamabaram, who will be jobless after the upcoming election. It is his Idiocracy, which has led to this mess. Prior to bring these new rules,smuggling of gold had almost disappeared. Even hawala transaction was going for its natural death. By one master stroke the great thinker and Harvard graduate messed out everything.

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  • shekar Moily Padebettu, Udupi/Taluk

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    Good to know that custom officers in Mangalore are efficient,expert in catching Gold smugglers.Kudos to them.But after catching what they will do with these gold.No news about that.Only news of catching.

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  • Well wisher, Udupi

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    Men men men will always be men they will never learn.

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  • R.Bhandarkar, M'lore

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    I think the only thing/way left
    now is to clone the carrier's 'organs', drape them in 'gold' and fix it somehow! It will then depend on the 'shyness' of the customs officer,how much he is prone to it and where he will catch and how long he will catch!
    Which organs you asked? Well -the obvious and heavy ones from outside.

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  • Jawar D'Souza, M'Lore/Doha

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    I think we can make a shirt or briefs made of gold, wear and go, maybe they might not recognize it.

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  • Vashal, Mangalore

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    What an Idia Sir ji?

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  • Suleman, Udupi

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    Many will disagree with my opinion. However, I am not against any law or for smuggling.
    How many tons of gold we can buy from the money looted by "Corruption" in India?
    I think smuggled gold are paid. Smuggling gold is to fetch around 10% more profit in India. In general terms, it is a business from petty businessmen right?. If the smugglers are allowed freely to bring gold to India, then the partial demand for gold will meet and the price of gold will come down. The common man will benefit out of it... right?

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  • Cedric , Mangalore/Dubai

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    Because of some specific Smuggler Mallu's
    activities other passengers have to go in hardships @ Mangalore. I was carrying a lED torch in the checked in Baggage & my full bag was marked X on all sides.Baggage was opened and only my clothes were stripped.

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  • Achhu, Mlore

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    What is next after the catch.. No news on that

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  • Harish, Dubai

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    It is better to open a separate checking counter with high equipped scanners exclusively for Kasargod people.

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  • Felix Monteiro, Mangalore/Dubai

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    Forget about gold smuggling & just think about their art of smugglings!!!!! Well done Kasargod! if you people participate in Olympic you will surely win gold in smugglings!!!!!

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  • DODANAA, MANAGLORE

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    Definitely smuggling is against LAW,
    but now this is a harvest SUGGY for customs dept.From one passenger they took Rs 2000/- pribe for wearing a TISSOT watch. From one female passenger demanded Rs 55000/- customs duty for wearing gold. Which is wore time of her MANGALORE departure and related OLD invoices she used to carry.While produced customs official not agree and later the duty amount reduced step by step from 55000/- to Rs 10000/- later Rs 5000/- refuse to pay later they shown their real color for begging money. They took Rs 900/- from purse and left Rs 100/- for her auto fare. From one passenger for wearing finger ring,they started begging money. This is the scenario and FACT observed today morning time of DXB/IXE JET AIRWAYS 9W531 flight.

    God knows till when these DESHDROHI's will enjoy with this type of misbehavior

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  • Dylan, Mangalore

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    This as reached a limit................, here after we should have a Karargod CHANNEL at Mangalore airport. What about the big fish?

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  • Gerald Dsouza, Riyadh

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    KasaraGOLD!!!!

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  • S.M. Nawaz Kukkikatte , Udupi / Dubai

    Tue, Feb 18 2014


    Costumes peoples are much smarter than "smuggler"

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  • Ronald D, Udupi

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    Mahesh, do you think these passengers are not aware of the arrests and gold being detected daily basis in Mangalapuram Airport?? LUNGI NEWS is fastest and most circulated modes of news!!! They are just taking a chance! Very few must be innocent and carrying others luggage!

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  • Ronald, Mangalore

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    So many innovative methods. It looks like only a few are get caught. There should be many who would have succeeded in fooling the custom officials.

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  • ek, bejai

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    They can pay the duty and take it...still 1kg will get profit around lakh

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  • Ramesh S, mangalore

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    ..this is definitely not just a case of smuggling..atleast now security agencies has to wake up..look at the effort these people are making to bring gold,there must be some kind of factory to replicate gold as these items..moreover, he is HAJI!! Forget police fear, Dear Haji at least fear for God..

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  • S.M. Nawaz Kukkikatte , Udupi / Dubai

    Tue, Feb 18 2014


    Very Well said, Brother Ramesh S, mangalore

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  • Umesh Rao, Mangalore/ Muscat

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    I think Mangalore Customs should open a permanent exhibition of all the Gold confiscated at the airport to show the innovative smuggling methods used by the Kasargod residents.

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  • Mahesh Nayak, Byndoor

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    Best suggestion I would like to give Mangalore customs people is that, kindly print all these news items appeared on daijiworld, and post near AI EXpress and Jet Airways check in counter. Or a give a copy to all Kasargod passengers (Can be translated to Malayalam too). The reason for every day incident is, these passengers are not aware of any of the recent arrests in mangalore airport. Try this out, surely smuggling cases will come down dratstically. Thank You

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  • JNB, Bejai

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    The idea is excellent.

    Do you want to reduce income of the Indian revenue department ?

    This is a special additional income for our corrupt government.
    See our politicians and senior govt official fleet of cars and bungalows in their name and their family members name.
    Do you think is it possible to accumulate from their honest income?

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    Besides have a green channel, red channel they should also have a SMUGGLER'S channel to pass easily.

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  • JNB, Bejai

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    What is the the solution for Kasargod?
    Need special status for KASARGOD?

    If small airport like Mangalore is facing so much
    Imaging howmuch 'Kasargod' government is facing to controle these smugglers.

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  • Avinash, Kasaragod/Bangalore

    Tue, Feb 18 2014

    If customs can use the seized gold for their expenses then the M'lore customs doesn't need any grant from central govt. They can bear all their staff cost, maintenance cost etc.. out of these gold.

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