Daijiworld Media Network - Panaji

Panaji, Mar 24: The customs officials at the Goa International Airport seized 432g gold worth Rs 17.4 lac from an international passenger who arrived from Dubai by Air India flight no AI-994, on Monday. The customs officers headed by assistant commissioner Juliet Fernandes, apprehended the passenger noticing his suspicious movement and recovered three gold capsules in paste form concealed in the rectum.

Gold worth about Rs 17.4 lac was seized by the customs official at the Goa International airport from a passenger who had arrived from Dubai on an Air India flight.

Noticing the suspicious movement of the passenger, the customs officers headed by assistant commissioner Juliet Fernandes apprehended the passenger and recovered three gold capsules in paste form concealed in the rectum.

Mahabir Singh Meena, joint commissioner of customs said that smugglers use the modus operandi of bringing gold in liquid form to avoid detection. The smuggled gold was seized under panchanama and the passenger was arrested under the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962.