Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru
With Inputs from Media Release
Mangaluru, Nov 9: Thwarting yet another ingenious smuggling attempt, the officers of customs at Mangalore International Airport on Sunday November 9 seized 140.900 grams of gold from a passenger.
The gold was seized from a passenger identified as Shanid Angillath, aged about 23 years, a resident of Thaikadappuram, Kasargod.
The gold was in the form of cut pieces of a gold bar concealed in a microwave oven motor.
The seized gold was valued at Rs 3,69,158.
The passenger arrived at Mangalore International Airport on November 9 at about 17.25 hours by Air India Express flight IX 384 from Dubai.
Further investigation is under progress.