MANGALURU: Sleuths of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) thwarted an strive via a youth to smuggle gold into the country on Wednesday and recovered six tola gold bars from his ownership.
"Sleuths kept a watch for one Umar Farook Kannadaguli (28), a resident of Manila, who arrived by Spicejet Flight SG-60 from Dubai to Mangaluru around 6.15pm, Vinayak Bhat, deputy director," DRI mentioned on Thursday.
The sleuths fastened surveillance at Mangalore International Airport. On the arrival of the aircraft, they known Umar at the exit of inexperienced channel. Umar was intercepted and escorted to customs arrival area and subjected him to thorough checking.
On checking his baggage, they seized gold bars of international foundation hid within a multimedia speaker device.
Vinayak Bhat mentioned the mentioned gold items weighed 699 grams and have been discovered to be of 24 Karat purity and their present market worth was estimated to be around Rs 21.53 lakh.
The DRI officers later seized the gold underneath the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962. Stating that the sleuths arrested Umar Farook for attempting to smuggle gold tola bars, the professional added that further investigation in to the case in underneath growth.
"Sleuths kept a watch for one Umar Farook Kannadaguli (28), a resident of Manila, who arrived by Spicejet Flight SG-60 from Dubai to Mangaluru around 6.15pm, Vinayak Bhat, deputy director," DRI mentioned on Thursday.
The sleuths fastened surveillance at Mangalore International Airport. On the arrival of the aircraft, they known Umar at the exit of inexperienced channel. Umar was intercepted and escorted to customs arrival area and subjected him to thorough checking.
On checking his baggage, they seized gold bars of international foundation hid within a multimedia speaker device.
Vinayak Bhat mentioned the mentioned gold items weighed 699 grams and have been discovered to be of 24 Karat purity and their present market worth was estimated to be around Rs 21.53 lakh.
The DRI officers later seized the gold underneath the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962. Stating that the sleuths arrested Umar Farook for attempting to smuggle gold tola bars, the professional added that further investigation in to the case in underneath growth.
Man held at Mangaluru airport for gold smuggling
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