Man Arrested with Gold Paste in Innerwear, Jeans At Kolkata Airport: Cops
The passenger was intercepted while going to board a connecting flight to Delhi and his frisking led to the recovery of over a kilogram of ”gold paste”, police said
Kolkata: The CISF on Monday arrested a man coming from Bangkok at the airport for allegedly smuggling “gold paste” worth Rs 32 lakh by concealing it in his underwear and jeans, officials said.
Passenger Amarjeet Singh was intercepted while he was going to board a connecting flight to Delhi and his frisking led to the recovery of over a kilogram of ”gold paste”, they said.
The traveller, coming from Bangkok, had taped the ”gold paste” and hidden it in his inner wear and bottom lining of his denim pant, they said.
Central Industrial Security Force personnel at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport handed over the passenger to Customs authorities for further probe.
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