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Saturday, Jun 21, 2025
A Customs official said that the action was initiated on Saturday on the basis of intelligence inputs received by them.
Two passengers, who landed from Abu Dhabi on different flights, were found to be carrying gold in compound and paste form in their bodies and undergarments.
The man arrested for the novel smuggling bid has been identified as Akbar, a native of Changarangkulam, in Malappuram district.
The Customs officials extracted the metal from a gold mixture weighing 2,031 grams.
The accused, who had arrived from Sharjah on an Air India Express flight, was intercepted at the green channel carrying 489 grams of gold.
In January, two contract workers of Air India were arrested for gold smuggling.
The man, who had arrived from Sharjah on an Air Arabia flight, was reportedly carrying four capsules of gold in compound form in his body.
IGST, which is one of the three components of Goods and Services Tax or GST, is levied when there is an inter-state transfer of goods and services.
Fahiz allegedly tried to sneak in 1.3kg of gold by hiding it in a bread-maker, says Kasaragod Customs
The expensive watches were worth Rs 17.86 lakh as per Customs' evaluation. However, the actor was let go after some time.
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