Gold worth Rs 18.95 lakh seized at Mangaluru airport

Mangaluru, June 23 Officials of the customs department at the Mangaluru International Airport seized gold which was being smuggled by a male passenger. The passenger, hailing from Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada district, had arrived from Dubai by a private airliner,...

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Updated At : 05:28 PM Jun 23, 2022 IST

Mangaluru, June 23

Officials of the customs department at the Mangaluru International Airport seized gold which was being smuggled by a male passenger.

The passenger, hailing from Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada district, had arrived from Dubai by a private airliner, a customs release said here on Thursday.

The officials seized 24-carat gold weighing 364.5 gm, valued at Rs 18,95,400 from the passenger on Wednesday.

He had tried to smuggle the gold in the paste form packed in a paper and plastic packet which was concealed inside the stitched pocket of ladies’ undergarments carried in a carton box, the release said.

Gold worth Rs 18.95 lakh seized at Mangaluru airport

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