It Rained Gold in Feb! MIA Customs Seized Contraband Worth over Rs.1.16 crores
Mangaluru: The Customs officers at Mangalore International Airport seized contraband valued over Rs 1.16 crores in 24 instances of smuggling during February 2017, according to the press release sent by Commissioner of Customs, Dr M Subramaniyam.
The officers seized contraband gold of above 3.18 kgs which were ingeniously concealed and attempted to be smuggled. In three cases primary gold ingeniously concealed in the form of mercury-coated wires inside the beading portion and metallic strips of the trolley bags were detected. In another two instances gold concealed in the form of silver coloured paint coated objects of various shapes and sizes viz., beads in chain and bracelets, circular objects in belt buckles, watch strip-holders, buttons of burkha and baby pants were detected. In another two instances, crude gold objects in the form of rings and chain were found concealed in face cream and seized besides three gold bars. The value of gold seized in these seven cases is estimated to be over Rs 92.94 lakhs. One person was also arrested. Further investigations are under progress.
On gathering inputs that there is a surge in smuggling of foreign currency by passengers departing to the middle east, the officers kept a special watch on movements of certain profiled passengers. This resulted in three seizures of foreign currency attempted to be smuggled out of India equivalent to INR 18.79 lakhs approximately. The cases are under investigation.
Smoking tobacco weighing 4.625 kgs valued at Rs. 2.03 lakhs found concealed along with personal effects was seized. Besides, 13 cases of smuggling of assorted foreign brand cigarettes were also detected during the month involving 120 cartons without statutory pictorial warning valued over Rs 2.44 lakhs were also confiscated.
The state of the art scanning machines installed by Customs recently are enabling the officers in zeroing on to the right baggage besides aiding in maintaining and further improving facilitation of genuine passengers.
Again, no names or description of those ‘passengers’!! I think these are all RSS/BD/Brahmana people. Who else does this, right? LOL
so…24 instances of smuggling in Feb-2017 alone? Do you guys understand the gravity of the situation? Criminal behavior is rampant and out of control in a certain… You will never hear a word from all those ‘brave’ journalists and rationalists. Oh never mind – they are all hiding under desks!