Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)

Mangaluru, Mar 5: In separate incidents, customs officials of Mangaluru International Airport seized 549.98 grams of gold worth Rs 19.14 lac and foreign currency worth Rs 18.10 lac and arrested three persons in this connection.

Air intelligence wing of the customs department conducted an operation and confiscated foreign currency from a passenger who was about to fly to Dubai. The arrested person was carrying foreign currency of USD, EURO, Omani Riyals and Kuwaiti Dinar worth Rs 18.10 lac. These currencies were hidden in between cloth in the luggage bag of the passenger.

In another incident, a passenger who arrived in Air India flight from Dubai was arrested for carrying 232.62 gram of 24 carat gold worth Rs 7.68 lac, which was hidden in a round shaped plate coated with silver and kept inside a cooker. This came to light when the passenger was subjected to intensive physical frisking based on definite information.

The custom officials also confiscated 317.36 grams of 24 Carat gold in powder form that was hidden inside the rectum of the passenger who arrived from Dubai after intensive interrogation.