From sports bras to wigs, six weird ways used by smugglers to sneak gold into India
Smugglers try to bring in gold from places like Dubai to India due to a significant difference in prices.
India is one of the nations where gold is comparatively costlier due to high demand and taxes. Smugglers try to bring in gold from places like Dubai to India due to a significant difference in prices. However, customs officials present at the airport often nab criminals trying to smuggle gold into India. Smugglers often use weird ways to conceal gold to smuggle it and the customs officials even found out that the criminals hide it in undergarments as well as inside rectum. Here are five tactics used by criminals to smuggle gold:
Air Intelligence Unit at Bengaluru airport intercepted two passengers travelling from Bangkok and Dubai to Bengaluru, who were attempting to smuggle gold concealing inside nut bolts of trolley bag wheels and buttons of kid's shirts. The customs recovered 244.92 grams of gold valued at Rs 12.49 lakhs.
Based on intelligence, one male passenger who arrived from Abu Dhabi was intercepted by the Chennai Air Customs Officers. On examination, 9 discs of Silver coated Gold ingeniously concealed inside the motor of a car wash pump were recovered, resulting in a recovery of 2.42 kgs of 24K purity Gold valued at Rs 1.05 crores.
On October 19, a passenger who arrived from Bangkok was intercepted by Chennai Air Customs Officers. On examination, 3 bundles of Gold in paste form were found concealed in his rectum and one gold bit was recovered from his undergarment. A total of 894 gms of Gold worth Rs 39.13 lakhs was recovered from him.
