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Gold worth Rs 44.2 lac seized from Dubai returnee at Mangaluru International Airport

  •   Thu, Jan 21 2021 03:46:37 PM

Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Jan 21: Based on intelligence Customs sleuths of Mangaluru International Airport, one passenger from Dubai, was intercepted and gold worth Rs 44.2 lac was recovered and seized on Thursday January 21.

The passenger is identified as Ubaid Baliyath Azeez hailing from Madikeri. He had arrived from Dubai by Air India flight IX 1814.

On personal search, the passenger was found to have concealed gold in paste form in his rectum.

Commssioner of Customs Imamuddin Ahmed IRS has commended officers of Mangalore Air Customs team lead by Dr Kapil Gade IRS, deputy commissioner, and officers Shrikanth K, superintendent; Manokathayini, superintendent; Ashish Kumar, inspector and others for their consistent anti-smuggling efforts.

 

 

 

 
  

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  • Fahmi, Mangalore, Dubai/Mangalore

    Fri, Jan 22 2021

    Just wonder how these people insert so much gold and hold on to it. Are they taking some other person's help? Any comment?

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  • sense_Shetty, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 21 2021

    Why is that the name is always from the MAYA gang ? Any thoughts?

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  • KS Mayya, Mangalore/Bangalore

    Thu, Jan 21 2021

    Dear Mr. Almeida from Bendur/Andheri,

    You have a very good point. May be you agree that South Indians believe more in self employment or get employed under an authority. Other parts of India are far more enterprising and do their bit of calculation and ensure that cost for transit is duly paid to everyone who assist the trade. This biz acumen is lacking in the south. Data of tax collection from southern states may concur with this assessment.

    On the other hand, southern states also send more people to middle east than their counterparts elsewhere in India.

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  • griffith, KULAI

    Thu, Jan 21 2021

    I just want to know where does this gold go after itse siezed .Finally what happens to it.I doubt it goes to government and is used for any good purpose.In between it might be eaten by many hands .In RTI do we have provision for this??

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  • Jawar D'Souza, M'lore/Mumbai

    Thu, Jan 21 2021

    Usually this Gold will be stored in customs godowns, after a few years rats will start eating it. One final day they will check it out and declare it that rats have eaten the gold. Its as simple as that.

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  • Subhash Chandra, Mangalore

    Thu, Jan 21 2021

    its not the normal doorway metal detectors that's installed there that we seen in supermarkets and malls, its a special human body x ray scanner to detect metallic objects inside body installed in every airport globally, these mules are fools they aren't aware of this

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  • Anon, Mangaluru

    Thu, Jan 21 2021

    If gold is properly converted into paste, it can avoid detection by airport detectors too...but in most cases they don't convert it into paste properly and get caught....I say better to not smuggle than to stuff gold paste into the rectum

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  • H. Almeida., Bendur/Andheri

    Thu, Jan 21 2021

    Why Southern states, notably Kerala, Karnataka have a high volume of illegal gold, currency transit routes ?? Gold was smuggled inside Diplomats baggages in Kerala.... Why only one section of our society is always intercepted for all illegal activities ???

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  • KS Mayya, Mangalore/Bangalore

    Thu, Jan 21 2021

    Dubai Gold price per gm is ~1000 rupees (20%) cheaper per gram than in India. If you add GST and margin of 3% that becomes even bigger.

    Clearly the volumes and forms in which gold is getting seized are not from either individual purchases or for individual consumption. This is making its way to the Gold trade at a loss to consumer and Government.

    A foolproof audit of gold maintained by every seller in the country coupled with tighter monitoring of hawala can only help to prevent this.

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  • Robin, Byndoor

    Thu, Jan 21 2021

    This is not the first such case. They might thought that the scanners only check the contents outside. Real uneducated are these and not those Jossy Saldhana says always.

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  • KRPrabhu, Mangalore/Bangalore

    Thu, Jan 21 2021

    ತಿಕ್ಕುಂಡ. ಫೆರ್ಗ....ಪತ್ತುಂಡ ಫ್ರೀ ಗಂಜಿ....!!! Either way benefit...!!!

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  • Sahil, Mangaluru

    Thu, Jan 21 2021

    Adani next Profit and loss account will boom up.

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  • Kishore Kumar, Mangaluru

    Thu, Jan 21 2021

    ... unless your southern cousins desist from gold mining!!!

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  • I wish I was There, Bahrain

    Thu, Jan 21 2021

    Even the suitcase would not carry so much gold, this gold was hidden in the glorious wildness like unmined gold.

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