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Mangalore : Airport Customs officials seize gold worth Rs 27 lacs

  •   Mon, Oct 13 2014 10:17:35 PM

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Mangalore, Oct 13: The officers of customs at Mangalore International Airport in another modus operandi busted gold smuggling and seized one gold bar, weighing 1,000 grams valued at Rs 27,10,000, concealed in the life jacket bag placed below the seat of the Jet Airways flight 9W531 which arrived from Dubai at 9 am on Monday, October 13.

The gold bar weighing one kg was brought by the passenger Madapalli Mammad Ismail, a resident of Napoklu, Kodagu, who arrived at Mangalore International Airport from Dubai.



Ismail boarded the flight and kept the gold below the seat. He has been arrested and produced before the judicial magistrate who remanded him to the judicial custody.

Krishna Kumar Prasad, deputy commissioner of customs, Mangalore International Airport, along with a team police team, led by superintendents HB Venkatesh, RS Venkataram, A Panduranga Naik, R G Gaonkar, K Ramakrishnan, K Nirmala and inspectors, Subhendu Ranjan Behera, Kamlesh Kumar Meena, Rajesh Jha and Havaldar Manjunath arrested the accused.

Further investigation is on under the guidance of the commissioner of customs, Mangalore.
  

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  • Ashu, Kundapur

    Wed, Oct 15 2014

    GO(d)LD bless mangalore

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  • CYRIL MASCARENHAS, KIREM/MIRA ROAD/DUBAI

    Tue, Oct 14 2014

    HAPPY DIWALI TO THIS AIRPORT CUSTOMS OFFICIALS.

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  • Mohammed A, Moodbidri/Oman

    Tue, Oct 14 2014

    We can have run way made of gold from seized gold by the customs.

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  • WALTER MONTEIRO, BELMAN / ABUDHABI

    Tue, Oct 14 2014

    good new for govt. For the expansion of runway govt will not to pay single Rs. for the project. AAI will spend this seized Gold bar money for runway.Any objection folks??????Cod, k'god people please bring gold bar as much as u want. ok??????

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  • Flavian, Mangalore/Kuwait

    Tue, Oct 14 2014



    If you evaluate from revenue point of view, Mangalore Intl. Airport (customs) may be in the forefront among rest of the Airport customs in India. (my speculation)

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  • deepak, mangalore

    Tue, Oct 14 2014

    destination must have changed but people belongs to same as usual.

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  • Shekar Moily Padebettu, Udupi/India

    Tue, Oct 14 2014

    I am wondering in spite of such a heavy checking at airport,how these B*****ds are dare to bring Gold with different mode of tactics.Will they that airport officials are so fools to get away with them?I think this is a well planned racket.May be well known Jewelers in Dubai buying some people by giving some money and send them with operation ideas,and inform the airport authorities about the same and custom authorities will catch them upon their arrival and confiscate the smuggled gold and send them to jail.So that jewelers business will flourish back in Dubai and at the same time custom officials will get their share as negotiated.Otherwise how it can be carried out without the support of the authorities.At later stage jailed smuggler will be released on bail.Thereafter he can roam freely and start his business again.When corruption is rampant everywhere nowadays,we can't trust anyone.I suggest higher authorities should also keep an eagle eye on custom officials.If it is not the case,one must appreciate custom officials for their honest duty.Keep it up but beware.

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  • avinash, ksd/blr

    Tue, Oct 14 2014

    Gold Ebola spreaded from kasaragod to medikeri

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  • Walter Lobo, Bajpe/Boston

    Tue, Oct 14 2014

    Response to Amar Nathal's question: 11 heavy weight police officers were needed to first arrest and then distribute the 1KG gold, so each gets 90 grams, not a bad bonus for arresting one!

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  • AMAR NATHAL, MANGALORE

    Tue, Oct 14 2014

    at least 11 heavy weight police officers to arrest a passenger at the airport? Or is it because of the weight of the gold?

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  • Nihaal Hussain, Mangalore/Dubai

    Tue, Oct 14 2014

    Don't these guys read daijiworld? :D I'm amused at the fact that despite such vigilant screenings, people still think that they can get away with this!

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  • Charles D'Mello, Pangala

    Tue, Oct 14 2014

    When these illiterate gold smugglers learn that the officials have a machine which can detect gold...wherever it is and which form it is....!!!!??????

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  • Vijay, Mangalore

    Tue, Oct 14 2014

    These customs people have seized gold worth crores till now. by the way where are these gold kept now?

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Mon, Oct 13 2014

    Airport custom officials are doing their best to nab gold smugglers.

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  • Siddu, Siddakatte

    Mon, Oct 13 2014

    Our airport should be renamed to " Gold international airport, bajpe'

    Days are not far i guess around the world peoples will come to mangalore just to buy only gold

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