DELHI: Officers of Customs Air Intelligence Unit at Mangaluru International Airport have busted a unique modus operandi of gold smuggling and have seized 1,096 grams of gold valued at Rs. 33.56 lakh from a passenger.
Subramanyam, Commissioner, Customs, Mangaluru, said here on Tuesday that the passenger arrived by an Air India Flight No IX 814 from Dubai on Monday.
He had ingeniously concealed the gold in the form of assorted silver colour paint coated objects of various shapes and sizes, viz., beads in chain and bracelets, circular objects in door handle locks, buckles of chappals, sheet in talcum powder tin, circular sheets in face cream tins, key chain rings, strips in measuring tapes, buttons on woollen jackets, adaptable screw driver head bits and watch strip-holders which were, in turn, placed in a carton box.
