One held with gold capsules worth Rs 9 lakh hidden in rectum

SURAT: A person travelling from Sharjah was nabbed by the air intelligence unit of the customs department from Surat airport with 200 grams of gold worth Rs 9 lakh on late Tuesday night.
Official sources said that the accused identified Rajesh Chabria, a resident of Mumbai had arrived at Surat airport in the Surat-Sharjah flight on Tuesday night. Since his movements were suspicious on the airport, the sleuths of air intelligence unit decided to scan his body.
On scanning, it was found that the smuggler had hidden the gold capsules in his rectum. The passenger was detained after suspicion. Later on detailed examination, it was found that the passenger had put the gold paste covered with plastic sheaths in his rectum.
Sources said that the accused had brought the gold to deliver it in Surat. There are many traders in Surat who are paying the smugglers handsome amount to smuggle gold from Dubai.
It must be noted that the smuggling of gold has increased after the government increased import duty on gold from 10% to 12.5%. Since the Surat airport operates a single international flight between Surat-Sharjah, the smugglers are finding it easy to get the yellow metal smuggled from Sharjah.