883.06 grams of gold was seized from a passenger from Sharjah at Coimbatore airport. Customs officials confiscated the gold worth Rs 42.82 lakh. At the Coimbatore airport, gold nuggets and gold biscuits are regularly smuggled in from Sharjah, Qatar, Dubai and Muscat.
Coimbatore: 883.06 grams of gold was seized from a passenger from Sharjah at Coimbatore airport. Customs officials confiscated the gold worth Rs 42.82 lakh. At the Coimbatore airport, gold nuggets and gold biscuits are regularly smuggled in from Sharjah, Qatar, Dubai and Muscat.
Customs officers caught them during the search and recovered the jewelry and gold. Similarly, Air Arabia G from Sharjah Flight 9413 arrived at Coimbatore Airport at 3.50 am today. Then the passengers got out of it and took his belongings and left. DRI officials and customs officials were checking the passengers.
On grounds of suspicion Ramasamy Sekar and Daruma Arul Netaji were checked and it was revealed that they had made gold paste inside their underwear and hid it. Immediate DRI. Officials separated the gold from the paste and examined what its value was. 883.06 grams of pure gold was extracted. Its present value is Rs 42.82 lakh. Customs officials are continuing to investigate the two men.
Customs officers caught them during the search and recovered the jewelry and gold. Similarly, Air Arabia G from Sharjah Flight 9413 arrived at Coimbatore Airport at 3.50 am today. Then the passengers got out of it and took his belongings and left. DRI officials and customs officials were checking the passengers.
On grounds of suspicion Ramasamy Sekar and Daruma Arul Netaji were checked and it was revealed that they had made gold paste inside their underwear and hid it. Immediate DRI. Officials separated the gold from the paste and examined what its value was. 883.06 grams of pure gold was extracted. Its present value is Rs 42.82 lakh. Customs officials are continuing to investigate the two men.