Passenger from Dubai smuggles gold in butter packets, caught at Mumbai Airport

March 5, 2024 - PatialaPolitics

Passenger from Dubai smuggles gold in butter packets, caught at Mumbai Airport

The Airport Commissionerate of Mumbai Customs found the gold concealed in places such as the aircraft seat, body cavities of passengers, a washroom, butter packets, handkerchiefs and clothes from March 1 to 4, the Mumbai Customs Zone-III posted on its official X handle.

They said an unclaimed gold bar weighing 700 grams was detected by Indigo Airlines staff underneath a seat onboard the Phuket to Mumbai Indigo Flight 6E 1122.

Gold jewellery was found concealed on the body of the passenger. Gold cut pieces of wire were concealed in Amul butter, hanky, clothes and iPhones were concealed in hand bag.”

 

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