Mangaluru, Feb 27: Customs prevented two attempts to smuggle gold at the Mangaluru international airport recently, according to tweets from Mangaluru Customs.
The sleuths arrested a passenger for being in illegal possession of 925.54 grams of 24 carat foreign gold on Monday.
The passenger was carrying the gold, which was seized, as mercury coated plates inside the motor of an electronic toy car.
The passenger arrived by Air India Express flight from Dubai.
On Sunday, the sleuths seized 304.9 grams of foreign origin gold from a passenger who arrived by a SpiceJet flight from Dubai.
The passenger, who was arrested, had concealed the gold (in powder/paste form) in his rectum, the tweets said.
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Very Unfortunate and shocked to see cunning way to import golds via Mangaluru Airport. How do Customs confine action on culprits here. We are seeing gold smugglers activity on high rise and Mangaluru Airport does have easy way out?/ Authority involved and influence easy passthrough? Our Elected represenatives must call for immediate ban on these activities if locals are involved here. Awareness program is definately call for the hour in Mangaluru Airport.
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