HYDERABAD: The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) sleuths of the Customs department have arrested a member of gold smuggling gang and recovered 2.3kg gold from his ownership at RGI Airport on Sunday. The accused was carrying a camshaft, a part of the car engine, in which gold was concealed.
The arrested accused is from Haryana and he arrived at RGI Airport from Sharjah in Indigo’s flight 6E 1406 on Friday night. During the luggage scanning, the AIU sleuths noticed a steel object that seemed like an car spare section in the checked in baggage of the suspect.
Customs officers then pulled the suspect aside and subjected him to wondering. The suspect informed Customs officers that the spare section was camshaft and he bought it in Sharjah for personal use. When AIU group asked him why a spare section like camshaft needs to be introduced from abroad when it's to be had for lesser price in India, the suspect attempted to convince them by way of saying that quality of the spare section he got was higher than what is to be had in India.
AIU sleuths noticed that there have been welding marks at each the ends of camshaft and they reduce the instrument open. “Molten gold was poured in the hole house in the camshaft pipe and then each ends had been sealed,” stated a customs reputable.
Customs officers extracted 2.3 kilo gold by way of melting the pieces of camshaft and arrested the accused. The haryana based totally provider went to Sharjah 5 days ago and his handler is from Delhi. The provider was intended to handover the camshaft to a receiver in Hyderabad.
The arrested accused is from Haryana and he arrived at RGI Airport from Sharjah in Indigo’s flight 6E 1406 on Friday night. During the luggage scanning, the AIU sleuths noticed a steel object that seemed like an car spare section in the checked in baggage of the suspect.
Customs officers then pulled the suspect aside and subjected him to wondering. The suspect informed Customs officers that the spare section was camshaft and he bought it in Sharjah for personal use. When AIU group asked him why a spare section like camshaft needs to be introduced from abroad when it's to be had for lesser price in India, the suspect attempted to convince them by way of saying that quality of the spare section he got was higher than what is to be had in India.
AIU sleuths noticed that there have been welding marks at each the ends of camshaft and they reduce the instrument open. “Molten gold was poured in the hole house in the camshaft pipe and then each ends had been sealed,” stated a customs reputable.
Customs officers extracted 2.3 kilo gold by way of melting the pieces of camshaft and arrested the accused. The haryana based totally provider went to Sharjah 5 days ago and his handler is from Delhi. The provider was intended to handover the camshaft to a receiver in Hyderabad.
Customs seize 2.3kg gold hidden in camshaft
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