Another case has come to light at Chennai airport of gold smuggling. The information retrieved from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence helped the airport officials to arrest the smuggler.
Based on the information received from intelligence department related to gold smuggling from Sharjah, Air Customs officials intercepted a passenger who arrived via Air Arabia flight G9-471. As per the officials, passengers checked-in baggage was examined where it was revealed that in an LED Emergency Light the gold plates were hidden. The doubt appeared when LED lights weighted unusually heavy. On being dismantled, a black battery was found in the case. On breaking the battery, 18 rectangular gold plates having silver coating were found inside. When the silver coating was removed about 2.39 kg gold of 24K purity valued at Rs. 1.18 was recovered and seized under Customs Act.
The passenger who was identified as Mohammed Arafath, 24, who hailed from Mangaluru, was arrested.
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