Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Jan 9: In three separate incidents, customs officials of Mangaluru International Airport confiscated a whopping 1.5 kg gold from passengers.
The total value of the 1.575 kg of gold that is seized by the custom officials is Rs 63 lac and 73 thousand.
In the first incident 336.7 gram gold was confiscated from a passenger who arrived on Air India flight from Dubai on January 6. The value of this is estimated to be Rs 13.43 lac. He had hidden this inside the socks of his shoes.
On January 7 illegal gold was seized from two passengers who arrived from Dubai via the Air India flight. 523 gram gold worth Rs 21.24 lac in paste form was found with one passenger while the other was carrying 716 gram of gold valued at Rs 29.06 lac.
All the three passengers are arrested by the customs officials and are handed over to the police for further action.