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Mumbai: Customs officials confiscate 9.1 kg of gold worth Rs 4.53 crore at airport

The Customs Department at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport seized smuggled gold collectively worth Rs 4.53 crore in six cases. The total gold seized is 9.1 kg.

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Updated Oct 3, 2022, 16:25 IST

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Mumbai: In yet another foiled smuggling bid, the Customs Department at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport seized smuggled gold collectively worth Rs 4.53 crore in six cases. The total gold seized is 9.1 kg, The Indian Express reported.

In the first case, 4.5 kg of gold dust valued at Rs 2.14 crore was seized from an Indian passenger. The flyer has arrived from Dubai. In the second seizure, gold bars of 24-carat weighing 1.4 kg and valued at Rs 72.79 lakh were recovered from a flight.

Meanwhile, the Customs officials confiscated 365 gm of gold valued Rs 18.90 lakh in the third case. In the fourth incident, a passenger was found to be carrying four gold rings of 699.20 gm worth Rs 36.28 lakh in the wheels of a trolly bag.

Cut gold bars weighing 816 gm worth Rs 42.28 lakh were seized from a passenger in the fifth case. In the last case, gold measuring 1.3 kg valued at Rs 68.09 lakh was recovered from a passenger.

Recently, in September 2022, Customs Officers at the Mumbai Airport seized 12 kg of gold from a group Sudanese passenger. The gold has been valued at Rs 5.38 crore.

A total of 12 passengers were involved in the gold smuggling bid. The gold was hidden in a red-coloured belt, specially designed to execute the crime, worn by one of the passengers, ANI reported.

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