CHENNAI: Customs officials at Chennai airport detected four instances of gold smuggling and one case of smuggling of foreign exchange this week.
On Thursday, two woman passengers -- Jyoti 44, and Vairambal, 65, of Madurai who had arrived here from Kuala Lumpur in a Batik Air flight -- brought 600 grams jewelry , valued at Rs 18 lakhs each (8 gold coins tied in chain, four kadas and one chain of 22Ok) utterly weighing 1.2 KG and valued at Rs. 36 lakh.
They were intercepted at the exit of arrival hall and as they'd now not declared the jewelry, it was once seized.
Shamirul Hakh, 39, of Kerala, who arrived here in an IndiGo flight from Dubai, brought 133 grams of gold worth Rs 4 lakh jumbled in rubbery spread concealed in undergarments worn via him. The same was once seized underneath the Customs Act.
On Tuesday, whilst rummaging the IndiGo Airlines flight 6E 052, which arrived from Singapore and had a domestic leg, the officials found a cap pasted at the cylindrical pipe. When the cap was once pulled from the cylindrical pipe, a lengthy packet wrapped with brown colour adhesive tape tied with a thread was once recovered. When it was once lower, it had four gold lower bits among which two were with markings “1 kilo tremendous gold & argor” and two with out markings were recovered. Gold weighing 799 grams of 24 Ok purity and valued at Rs 25 lakh was once seized.
In some other case on same day, Suseema Santhi Edirisinghe, 46, who's Sri Lankan passport holder, arrived from Colombo in an IndiGo Airlines flight. She was once intercepted at the exit of the Arrival Hal. When searched, one gold ingot weighing 72 grams, one gold necklace weighing 16.4 grams and four of small gold lower chains were recovered. The jewelry utterly weighed 111 grams and was once worth Rs three lakh.
On Wednesday, 4.4 lakh Japanese yen worth Rs 2.65 lakh (approx) were seized from Naina Mohamed of Chennai, who was once certain for Kuala Lumpur in a Batik flight. He had concealed the forex in his hand bag.
On Thursday, two woman passengers -- Jyoti 44, and Vairambal, 65, of Madurai who had arrived here from Kuala Lumpur in a Batik Air flight -- brought 600 grams jewelry , valued at Rs 18 lakhs each (8 gold coins tied in chain, four kadas and one chain of 22Ok) utterly weighing 1.2 KG and valued at Rs. 36 lakh.
They were intercepted at the exit of arrival hall and as they'd now not declared the jewelry, it was once seized.
Shamirul Hakh, 39, of Kerala, who arrived here in an IndiGo flight from Dubai, brought 133 grams of gold worth Rs 4 lakh jumbled in rubbery spread concealed in undergarments worn via him. The same was once seized underneath the Customs Act.
On Tuesday, whilst rummaging the IndiGo Airlines flight 6E 052, which arrived from Singapore and had a domestic leg, the officials found a cap pasted at the cylindrical pipe. When the cap was once pulled from the cylindrical pipe, a lengthy packet wrapped with brown colour adhesive tape tied with a thread was once recovered. When it was once lower, it had four gold lower bits among which two were with markings “1 kilo tremendous gold & argor” and two with out markings were recovered. Gold weighing 799 grams of 24 Ok purity and valued at Rs 25 lakh was once seized.
In some other case on same day, Suseema Santhi Edirisinghe, 46, who's Sri Lankan passport holder, arrived from Colombo in an IndiGo Airlines flight. She was once intercepted at the exit of the Arrival Hal. When searched, one gold ingot weighing 72 grams, one gold necklace weighing 16.4 grams and four of small gold lower chains were recovered. The jewelry utterly weighed 111 grams and was once worth Rs three lakh.
On Wednesday, 4.4 lakh Japanese yen worth Rs 2.65 lakh (approx) were seized from Naina Mohamed of Chennai, who was once certain for Kuala Lumpur in a Batik flight. He had concealed the forex in his hand bag.
Gold, foreign currency seized at Chennai airport
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