RIYADH: The Customs’ Department at King Fahd International Airport (KFIA) in Dammam thwarted an attempt to smuggle 3.599 kilograms of gold. (Al Arabiya)
The customs’ department at Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd International Airport (KFIA) in Dammam thwarted an attempt to smuggle 3.599 kilograms of gold.
Yousef Al-Zakan, customs chief at KFIA, said a passenger who arrived in Saudi Arabia was trying to smuggle gold hidden inside the socks and underwear which he was wearing, adding that some of the gold was wrapped in a medical corset.
According to Zakan, appropriate legal measures have been taken against the perpetrator who wanted to evade paying the customs’ fee for the amount of gold he was carrying.
