Six Held At Mumbai Airport With 12 Kg Gold Worth Rs 5.38 Crore

Mumbai: The Customs sleuths have arrested six people at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport including a Sudan national for smuggling 12 kg gold worth Rs 5.38 crore.

According to officials, officers of Mumbai Airport Customs seized 12 kg gold valued at Rs 5.38 crore from a specially designed belt worn by a Sudanese passenger. Some passengers created commotion to help him escape but were overpowered. We have held six people.

An official said that the accused did not declare the said recovered gold weighing 12 kg at the Red Channel before the officers with the deliberate intention to clear the impugned goods clandestinely.

“Therefore, the said recovered goods were seized under Section 110 of the Customs Act. We have booked a case of smuggling of gold in this respect,” said the official.