Media Release
Mangaluru, Aug 28: The officers of Customs at Mangaluru International Airport seized gold totally weighing 335.000 grams net valued at Rs 16,21,400 on Saturday August 28.
The gold was being smuggled concealed in bolts and wheel connecting rods in two skating boards from a passenger Muhammed Navas hailing from Muliyar, Kasargod who arrived from Dubai by Air India Express Flight No IX 384. The operations were led by Manokarthayini M, superintendent, along with superintendents Nagesh Kumar B M, Naveen Kumar, Subhendu Ranjan Behera, Virag Shukla, Ajith Kumar V S, P C Padhi, and Satish Kumar and inspector Prafull Mittal.
The operations were conducted under the guidance of Imamuddin Ahmad, commissioner and Joanness George C, joint commissioner and under the supervision of Vasudeva Naik D, assistant commissioner.
Investigation is under progress.
Further, commissioner Imamuddin Ahmad appreciated the efforts made by the officers in detecting different kinds of modus operandi adopted by the unscrupulous elements to smuggle gold in to the country and preventing smuggling gold.