Mangaluru, Sept 22: Officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Regional Unit, Mangaluru, have arrested a 32-year-old man on the charge of smuggling gold into the country through the Mangaluru International Airport. They have seized 1,515.270 grams of gold valued at about Rs. 47 lakh from him.
The DRI officials have also arrested an official of the airport on the charge of abetting smuggling of gold seized from the flight passenger by receiving money for doing a favour.
Shreyas K.M., Assistant Director, DRI, Regional Unit, Mangaluru, said in a release on Friday that the gold seized on Thursday was found to be of 24 carat purity.
The release gave the name of the passenger arrested as Nizar Khadar from Mulleria in Kasaragod district. He was interrogated and arrested after he arrived by a Spicejet Flight No SG-60 from Dubai at around 6.15 p.m. on Thursday.
Khadar had concealed 12 bars of gold (12gm each) of foreign origin and a sheet of gold of foreign origin – all 24 karat – in a black mobile pouch and carried it in his hand baggage. Officers said the gold was concealed in the mobile pouch using black/silver adhesive tapes to avoid detection. The contraband gold was later seized by the officers of DRI under the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962.
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