VASCO: Goa Customs on Saturday seized gold from an international passenger, who had arrived from Dubai by Indigo Flight No 6E-8445 in the early hours, at Dabolim International Airport.
In a press release, Commissioner of Customs Goa Mihir Ranjan informed Herald that alert Goa Customs officers headed by Juliet Fernandes, Assistant Commissioner of Customs apprehended him after noticing his suspicious movement and recovered gold (610 grams in liquid form and two gold chains weighing 98 grams and 113 grams) totally weighing 821 grams valued at Rs 33,06,097.
Further, the passenger had hid the gold chains and pouch of gold in liquid form in his undergarments. Joint Commissioner of Customs Mahabir Singh Meena said that the smugglers use the modus-operandi of bringing gold in liquid form to avoid detection. The smuggled gold was seized after conducting panchanama and the passenger has been arrested under the provisions of Customs Act, 1962.
Commissioner of Customs Mihir informed that since April 2020, the Air Customs of Goa Commissionerate has seized 3336 grams of gold worth Rs 1.44 crore at Dabolim International Airport.
Goa Customs seizes gold worth Rs 33 lakh at Dabolim Airport
