Media Release
Mangaluru, Dec 19: On a tip off from the immigration authorities of Mangalore International Airport, the officers of customs at Mangalore International Airport on Friday December 19 intercepted a lady passenger and seized from her possession gold ornaments weighing 749.9 grams valued at Rs 16,49,780, brought by her in a concealed manner.
The gold ornaments, packed in two rectangular shaped packets wrapped in adhesive tape, were found concealed in the waist portion underneath the denim jeans trousers worn by her inside her burka.
The passenger, named Nazneen Banu Mahfooz Qureshi, wife of Mahfooz Ayyub Qureshi, aged about 41 years, is a resident of Khadak, Mumbai.
Nazneen arrived at Mangalore International Airport December 19 at about 0830 hrs by Air India Express flight No IX814 from Dubai.
The said lady passenger was later arrested and produced before the chief judicial magistrate and remanded in judicial custody.
Further investigation in the case is under progress.