Ahmedabad: The Air Intelligence Unit of Customs department on Tuesday morning held a Punjab based man for smuggling 659 grams of gold worth Rs 17.89 lakh at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel international airport. Harpreet Singh was with six gold bars which were concealed in rectum. Interestingly, Singh was a domestic passenger as he had flown in from Delhi.
Singh had arrived from Air India's flight AI-019 from Delhi on Tuesday morning.
"He was a domestic passenger and he had picked up the gold bars from an international passenger. The exchange of gold bars happened inside the toilet at the international terminal," said a Customs official.
Since the end of 2014, Air India has shifted all its operations to international terminal. "The international passenger had handed the gold bars to Singh believing that since Singh is a domestic passenger he will not be checked. We found his movement suspicious and upon search six gold bars were recovered," added Customs official.
08/04/15 Piyush Mishra/Times of India
Singh had arrived from Air India's flight AI-019 from Delhi on Tuesday morning.
"He was a domestic passenger and he had picked up the gold bars from an international passenger. The exchange of gold bars happened inside the toilet at the international terminal," said a Customs official.
Since the end of 2014, Air India has shifted all its operations to international terminal. "The international passenger had handed the gold bars to Singh believing that since Singh is a domestic passenger he will not be checked. We found his movement suspicious and upon search six gold bars were recovered," added Customs official.
08/04/15 Piyush Mishra/Times of India
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