New Delhi: Customs officials on Sunday (March 5) discovered four gold bars worth around Rs 2 crore in the bathroom of an international flight at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. Acting on a tip-off, customs officers searched the aircraft at Terminal 2 of the airport after domestic visits.
A team of customs officials at Delhi’s IGI airport recovered a gray colored bag containing four gold bars worth over Rs one crore during the search of an in-flight; Case registered. pic.twitter.com/wdHFVUxrsr– ANI (@ANI) March 5, 2023
They found a gray pouch containing four rectangular gold bars weighing a total of 3,969 grams. The total assessed value of the gold bars is Rs.1,95,72,400. The Customs officials seized the gold and its packaging under section 110 of the Customs Act, 1962 and are conducting further investigation.
In a similar case in Tamil Nadu, Customs officials detained a ground staff member of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for smuggling gold at the Chennai airport on February 25. The officials recovered 2.6 kg of gold, which is worth around Rs 1.3 crore. The accused had hidden the gold in the form of paste in eight packets.
According to a press release, the accused received the gold paste from a Sri Lankan passenger who had arrived from Dubai. The metal detectors were not able to detect the gold as it was in the form of a paste and the bag scanner also showed it as an opaque colour, reports The News Minute.