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Saturday, Jun 21, 2025
Customs officials had received a tip-off that a passenger arriving on the Air Arabia flight from Sharjah that day would be smuggling gold.
Customs nabbed Ibrahim Masood who had landed at Mangaluru from Dubai with four dated phones.
A crucial part of the gold smuggling network are the carriers, locally referred to as 'Kuruvis’ (sparrows).
Smugglers say they could sneak in the gold without any fear if certain Customs officials are on duty.
As much as 320 grams of gold was recovered from him on the spot and later seized an amount of Rs 4,42,000 from a room where he was staying.
The information will be used by the customs department for improved surveillance and risk assessment of passengers entering or leaving the country.
Customs superintendent Pramod Sabitha and Havildar Sanith are the officers who faced the disciplinary action.
Ten of the 11 officials who were posted for the adjudication task are facing an inquiry by the CBI in connection with the allegation that they favoured smuggling activities at the Calicut Airport while working there.
Swapna Suresh and P S Sarith had told Customs that Sivasankar had sought their assistance to send an important bag left behind in Kerala when Pinarayi travelled to Dubai.
A flight attendant who was arrested the other day at the Calicut International Airport for gold smuggling told his interrogators that he has done so six times earlier.
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