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New gold smuggling modus operandi busted, Customs officials seize 2.32 kg gold worth Rs 1.14 cr, one arrested

Chennai, Jan 6 (UNI) Chennai Air Customs has busted a new modus
operandi in which the smugglers conceals the gold in the aircraft
on international run coming from Dubai and by using domestic
passenger who travels to a domestic city such as Guwahati by
other means and board the same flight running on domestic leg
from Guwahati to Chennai for retrieving the gold.
On Saturday, customs officials seized 2.32 kg gold worth
Rs 1.14 crore and arrested one person in this connection.
Based on intelligence that gold was likely to be smuggled
from Dubai by concealing in aircraft, Indigo flight was
taken up for special rummaging, which revealed five
rectangular heavy pieces wrapped with black adhesive
tape tied with a thread along with a metal piece were
found concealed in the hollow pipe portion of one of
the seats.
On cut opening, 10 gold bars of 10 tolas with foreign
markings each totally weighing 1.16 kg and valued at
Rs. 57.1 lakhs were recovered.
This aircraft then operated on its domestic leg to Guwahati
and returned back to Chennai.
One Mohabath Khan (56) of Kancheepuram, who travelled from
Guwahati to Chennai on the same seat from which the gold
was recovered earlier, was intercepted.
On personal search five rectangular heavy pieces wrapped
with black adhesive tape and tied with a thread along
with a metal piece were found concealed in a cloth pouch
tied along his waist concealed under his shirt.
On cut opening, 10 gold bars of 10 tolas each with foreign
markings totally weighing 1.16 kg and valued at Rs 57.1 lakhs
were recovered.
On questioning he informed that he had travelled from Chennai
to Guwahati by a Spicejet flight on the same day and he
returned to Chennai by the same Indigo Flight.
He further informed that he was supposed to retrieve gold
items from two seats from this aircraft. However, he found
gold from one seat only.
After he admitted his involvement in both the cases, he was
arrested.
In all 2.32 kg gold worth Rs 1.14 Crore was recovered and
seized under the Customs Act.
Further investigation is under progress.
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Tags: #New gold smuggling modus operandi busted# Customs officials seize 2.32 kg gold worth Rs 1.14 cr# one arrested
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