Gold worth Rs 89.59L seized from Indian flier.
Two gold bars and two pieces of gold valued at Rs 89.59 lakh were seized from an Indian passenger by customs officials at Mumbai international airport, officials said on Sunday.
According to officials of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU), an Indian passenger identified as Naveen was intercepted on arrival from Dubai around 2.45 am on Saturday on receipt of specific inputs that he was smuggling in gold bars. After sustained questioning, Naveen admitted he had brought some gold bars hidden in Jet Airways flight 9W 543, which arrived from Dubai.
“We searched the aircraft and found two gold bars weighing 1kg each, and two cut pieces of gold strapped to the metal frame under his seat in the aircraft. They weighed 3,000 grams in total, and were valued at Rs 89.59 lakh,” a senior AIU official said.
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