Mangaluru: Customs officials seize gold worth Rs 5.58 lac from passenger at airport


Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Sep 13: The officers of Customs at Mangaluru International Airport on Sunday September 12, thwarted an attempt to smuggle gold by a passenger from Dubai.

The accused passenger, disembarked SpiceJet coming from Dubai on Sunday morning.

He tried to smuggle gold by concealing it in the heater element of egg cooker machine.


Mangaluru International Airport (file photo)

Gold of net weight 116.400 grams valued at Rs 5,58,720 has been seized from the passenger.

A case was booked against the passenger by the Customs department.

 

 

 

 

  

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  • jayanna, mangalore

    Tue, Sep 14 2021

    use this money for cowin

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  • Flavian, Mangalore/Kuwait

    Tue, Sep 14 2021

    Keeping our Economy rolling. In coming days the customs revenue will be at the peak as Air traffic frequency wii see improvements. Good luct Mangalore Intl. Airport customes . Day starts and ends with common names.

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  • Ajay Alva, Mangalore

    Mon, Sep 13 2021

    Common factor again, and the same place. Other innocent passengers are bearing the blunt for these mis deeds. Anyway who cares. Lets ignore and go to the next article to bash the day lights of Modi and BJP.

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  • vishwadeepak, mangalore/dxb

    Mon, Sep 13 2021

    116 grams ! chindi chor!!

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  • Rita, Germany

    Tue, Sep 14 2021

    Vishwadeepak Mangalore,but brings money too.

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  • SB, Mlore

    Mon, Sep 13 2021

    No need of mentioning any names. Only Kujuma clan has the patent to smuggle gold consealing it inside rectum.

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  • Manoj, Kulshekara/Mangalore

    Mon, Sep 13 2021

    Rightly told. We aware person behind Gold Smuggling. When we read same names of same community bar bar will able to forget culprit easily. Now at least we aware and it struck in mind of each n everybody.

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  • Rajeev, IXE

    Tue, Sep 14 2021

    They are localites and not what you think. That is why the name is not revealed here.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Thane

    Mon, Sep 13 2021

    These Idiots have not realized that all International Airports have Gold Scanners ...

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  • Manoj, Kulshekara/Mangalore

    Mon, Sep 13 2021

    They are not idiots but we are. In the beginning might be lot of gold smuggling would have taken place from same channel and held last one...for official record.

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  • Raju, Karkala

    Mon, Sep 13 2021

    They are thinking India is same as it was before 2014.

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