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Customs officials in Kochi arrested a passenger arriving from Abu Dhabi, seizing nearly £200,000 worth of gold concealed in a specially stitched brief.
Customs at Kochi Airport arrested a Tamil Nadu couple for smuggling 1.35kg of gold paste stitched into their clothes, highlighting evolving smuggling tactics.
Customs issued show-cause notices to three police officers regarding their handling of gold seizures at Karipur Airport, alleging independent processing without promptly involving Customs, sparking scrutiny of police procedures.
Refuting the Customs' claim that police intervention would result in revenue loss to the exchequer, the police stated that the argument was contrary to facts.
The latest controversy has surfaced after the Customs Preventive Division in Kozhikode filed sharply worded counter-affidavits at the High Court in response to two petitions submitted by Ibrahim and PM Muhammed of Kasaragod.
The passenger, Fasalurahman (35) of Kooriyad, Malappuram, had arrived from Jeddah on an IndiGo flight (6E 66) around 11 am.
The police also arrested the person who came to receive the smuggled gold.
She stated that she was wrongly accused of carrying more than 14 kg of gold upon her return from Dubai.
The CID probe, ordered on Monday night, was cancelled on Wednesday in the Ranya Rao gold smuggling case.
According to the police, the accused, Sahihul Misfar (29), a native of Thamarassery, landed at the airport on IndiGo flight 6E 1476 from Dubai.
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