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Customs officers foil 12 smuggling attempts at Mangaluru airport in one month

  •   Tue, Jan 31 2017 10:31:20 AM

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Mangaluru, Jan 31: During January, the customs officers at Mangalore International Airport seized contraband valued over Rs 57.60 lac in 12 instances of smuggling.

In the first instance of smuggling, gold in the form of letter 'E'-shaped silver coloured plates totally weighing about 759.2 grams, valued over Rs 21.56 lac, was found ingeniously concealed in the transformer portion of an AC/DC cooler fan.

The same modus operandi was used after three weeks wherein gold concealed in the transformer portion of a stereo amplifier and transformer portion of pump of a medical mattress totally weighing 947.5 grams valued over Rs 27.47 lac, was found concealed. In both the cases, the passengers were arrested. Further investigations are under progress.

Further, smoking tobacco weighing 11.975 kg valued over Rs 5.26 lac tightly wrapped with plastic covers and found concealed along with personal effects were seized. Besides, 9 cases of smuggling of foreign brand cigarettes were also detected during the month involving 251 cartons of various foreign brand cigarettes valued over Rs 3.31 lac which were confiscated.
  

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  • Aubb, Kuwait

    Tue, Jan 31 2017

    Can anyone give a clue, as where all this gold lands at the end of the day..??!

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  • Sachidanand Shetty, Mundkur/Dubai

    Tue, Jan 31 2017

    When I touched down at Mangalore Airport last year, there were so many Customs Officials gathered together and roaming around the Customs & Baggage clearance area…. Anxiously I asked one Officer…what was special that day….he proudly said that….Mangalore Airport became the number one Airport in India last year for catching more gold smuggling or illegal trade in other goods by passenger. Therefore many Officers from Mumbai Head Quarters visited Mangalore Airport to congratulate all the Customs Officers at Mangalore Airport… Though we heard some corruption issues occasionally but still we are proud that our Coastal People are best known for higher education and non-corrupt public duties too. We fight…we argue…but when it comes to corruption we are still intolerance which makes us proud too

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  • G R PRABHU, BEJAI.MANGALURU.

    Tue, Jan 31 2017

    It means they have started their work honesty.

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  • Alphonso Rodrigues, Udupi

    Tue, Jan 31 2017

    Good job by the authorities. As always, One common factor, one place 'Kasargod' , What are we waiting for? As starters separate immigration counters are a MUST in the airport.

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  • Af,,, Mangalore

    Tue, Jan 31 2017

    If caught 2 months jail, if not caught life jingalala, what difference it will make as long good food accomodation is provided in jails with wifi free.

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  • Anand, Karkala

    Tue, Jan 31 2017

    Only Mangalore Airport in India is checking for Gold and other items....

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Tue, Jan 31 2017

    With all that money we can have state of the art Genuine International Airport ...

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