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Friday, September 20, 2013

20KG Gold Hidden In Jackets, Caught At Kochi Airport

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Kochi: In the biggest gold haul at an Indian airport, 20 gold bars valued at Rs 5.8 crore were seized early on Thursday from two women passengers from Dubai. On the basis of specific information, a team of officers of the Customs Preventive unit effected the seizure, a customs release said.


The women, hailing from Thrissur and Kozhikode, had arrived here early on Thursday by an Emirates flight. They had departed from Kochi to Dubai six days ago.

The bars, weighing 20kg, were found concealed in specially stitched jackets with pouches worn by the burqa-clad women. The extent of customs duty sought to be evaded worked out to Rs 60 lakh, the release said. The seizure is the largest in the recent history of gold smuggling cases detected in the country, the release said. Prior to this seizure, a total quantity of 23kg of gold bars worth about Rs six crore had been seized by customs in the last few months.

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Updated at: Friday, September 20, 2013

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