Media Release
Mangaluru, Nov 21: The officers of customs at Mangalore International Airport on Friday November 21 busted yet another modus operandi of gold smuggling and in two separate cases, seized gold weighing 699.900 grams, totally valued at Rs 18,16,734.
In the first case, the officers seized gold in the form of two numbers of ten tola gold bars, totally weighing 233.300 grams and valued at Rs 6,20,578.
The gold bars were secreted in the rectum by the passenger identified as Azees Sulaiman, aged about 37 years, residing at Udma in Kasaragod. He who arrived at Mangalore International Airport on November 21 at about 0745 hours by Air India Express flight No IX814 from Dubai.
In a similar case on the same day and the same flight, the officers seized gold in the form of a cylindrical rod shaped object, weighing 466.600 grams and valued at Rs 12,41,156.
The gold object was secreted in the rectum, by a passenger identified as Abdul Hameed Muttathody, aged about 42 years, residing at Adkathbail, Kasaragod.
Further investigation in both the cases is under progress.