The gold smuggling at Delhi Airport is on the rise said official reports. With the festive season round the corner, gold smuggling at Delhi Airport on the rise. The official X account of customs at the IGI Airport in New Delhi has shared the news.
According to reports, gold smuggling at Delhi Airport is being done in various unique ways. Some of which are sure to surprise anyone at all.
Here are a few cases of gold smuggling, the biggest catch was 6.5 kg of gold worth Rs. 9 crore. The gold chains were disguised as chains sprayed silver and black. The gold was then hidden beneath seats on Flight EK-514 (Dubai–Delhi).
In this incident, eight passengers were arrested and remanded to judicial custody.
In another case, Delhi Customs officers intercepted a passenger arriving from Sharjah on October 10 and recovered 241 grams of gold (99.31% purity) ingeniously concealed as wire linings in the corners of two trolley bags.
The recovered gold, was valued at approximately Rs. 35.21 lakh, was seized under the Customs Act, 1962, for further investigation.
In another case, Customs officers intercepted an Indian passenger arriving from Muscat (Flight WY-241) at Terminal-3. He had travelled from Dubai to Muscat by connecting Flight WY-612 on October 9.
A personal search led to recovery of two rectangular pouches of gold paste, concealed inside his socks (725g gross, including wrapping and concealing material).
Extraction in the presence of independent panch witnesses yielded 1 gold bar weighing 587g, of 100% purity (Karatometer-tested).
The Tariff value is said to be ₹76,20,434 and the Market value is said to be ₹85,76,657. The gold was seized u/s 110(1), Customs Act, 1962. The passenger stated that the gold was brought from Dubai and concealed to avoid declaration and duty.
Further investigation is underway and further detailed reports awaited in this matter.
