Customs officials at MIA Seize 10 Gold bars worth Rs 34.17 Lakh concealed in Aircraft toilet
Mangaluru: Specific information received by this Unit showed that some passenger (whose identity was not clearly known) who had arrived by Spicejet Flight No.SG60 from Dubai to Mangalore International Airport on November 3 at about 6:00 pm, had dropped a packet containing gold of foreign origin brought by him inside one of the Toilets situated next to the Immigration area of International arrivals with a plan that the said packet containing gold would be retrieved later on by some cleaning staff having access to the said Toilet.
Acting on the said information, the officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mangalore Regional Unit rushed to the Airport immediately and conducted a thorough search of the said Toilets. During the search operation, a small packet containing some metal objects wrapped in black insulation tapes was recovered from a drainage outlet of one of the Toilets. On opening the said packet, the same was found to contain 10 (Ten) Nos. of Gold Tola bars of foreign origin.
The total weight of the recovered 10 (Ten) Nos.of Gold Tola bars was found to be 1166.500 Grams and they were made of 24 Carat pure gold worth Rs 34.17 lakh. The contraband gold was later seized by the officers of DRI, Mangalore Regional Unit under the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962.
Further investigation in the case is in progress to identify and nab the culprit passenger and his associates.
I’m still waiting for one real journalist to investigate this out-of-control situation related to gold smuggling in our own backyard and report on truth. As we have repeatedly seen before, there is only one community behind every single case. Instead of reporting truth, our media is busy hiding the identities and facts from public. Really unfortunate.