CHENNAI: Customs officials at Chennai international airport on Monday seized two kg of gold, worth Rs 85.3 lakh, from five passengers. In one case, gold was found concealed in fish containers and hair straighteners.
Jamma Khan, 49, and Rahim, 49, of Chennai, who arrived here from Kuala Lumpur in an AirAsia flight (No AK13) were intercepted and searched. The officials examined their checked-in luggage and found fish containers and hair straighteners among their personal effects.
The containers were cut open and were found to have thin gold rods, weighing 234 gram, concealed inside fish pieces. Gold strips weighing 174 grams were found concealed inside the heating portion of the hair straighteners. Further, two gold cut bits, weighing 95 gram, were recovered from their pants pockets. A total of 503 gram of gold, worth Rs 21 lakh, was recovered.
In another case on Monday, Shoukathali Melekunnath Kandi, 32, of Kozhikode, who arrived here from Abu Dhabi in an Etihad Airlines flight (EY 238), was intercepted at the exit. Officials searched him and recovered three bundles of gold paste from his rectum. After extraction, 426 gram of gold worth Rs 18 lakh was recovered.
Sri Lankan national Akeshkanth, 23, who arrived from Colombo in SriLankan Airlines flight (UL123) was intercepted and searched. One bundle containing gold paste was recovered. On extraction, 824 gram of gold, worth Rs 35 lakh, was recovered. The passenger was arrested.
Mohamed Ibrahim, 58, of Chennai who arrived here in a SriLankan Airlines flight (UL 127) from Kuala Lumpur was intercepted and searched. A gold chain weighing 70 gram was recovered from his pants pocket.
Umbrella frames and biscuit tins were found in his checked-in bag. On dismantling them, 21 small cylindrical cut rods of gold weighing 198 gram were found ingeniously concealed inside bolt fasteners kept inside them. In total, 268 gram of gold, worth Rs 11.37 lakh, was seized.
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Jamma Khan, 49, and Rahim, 49, of Chennai, who arrived here from Kuala Lumpur in an AirAsia flight (No AK13) were intercepted and searched. The officials examined their checked-in luggage and found fish containers and hair straighteners among their personal effects.
The containers were cut open and were found to have thin gold rods, weighing 234 gram, concealed inside fish pieces. Gold strips weighing 174 grams were found concealed inside the heating portion of the hair straighteners. Further, two gold cut bits, weighing 95 gram, were recovered from their pants pockets. A total of 503 gram of gold, worth Rs 21 lakh, was recovered.
In another case on Monday, Shoukathali Melekunnath Kandi, 32, of Kozhikode, who arrived here from Abu Dhabi in an Etihad Airlines flight (EY 238), was intercepted at the exit. Officials searched him and recovered three bundles of gold paste from his rectum. After extraction, 426 gram of gold worth Rs 18 lakh was recovered.
Sri Lankan national Akeshkanth, 23, who arrived from Colombo in SriLankan Airlines flight (UL123) was intercepted and searched. One bundle containing gold paste was recovered. On extraction, 824 gram of gold, worth Rs 35 lakh, was recovered. The passenger was arrested.
Mohamed Ibrahim, 58, of Chennai who arrived here in a SriLankan Airlines flight (UL 127) from Kuala Lumpur was intercepted and searched. A gold chain weighing 70 gram was recovered from his pants pocket.
Umbrella frames and biscuit tins were found in his checked-in bag. On dismantling them, 21 small cylindrical cut rods of gold weighing 198 gram were found ingeniously concealed inside bolt fasteners kept inside them. In total, 268 gram of gold, worth Rs 11.37 lakh, was seized.
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