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Mumbai: Customs has achieved great success in Maharashtra. Mumbai Customs team has seized gold worth Rs 4.44 crore and diamonds worth Rs 2.2 crore at Mumbai Airport. Customs have seized smuggled goods worth a total of Rs 6.46 crore in 13 different cases. The smugglers had hidden the diamond in a packet of noodles, while the gold was found on the body of the passenger. Also, it was caught in the undergarments worn by a passenger in his bag.
Four passengers were arrested after the seizure of more than 6.8 kg of gold valued at ₹ 4.44 crore and diamonds of ₹ 2.02 crore over the weekend, the Customs official said in a release issued late Monday night.
According to sources, the smugglers had hidden the diamond in a packet of noodles, so that no one could suspect it, but it was caught during customs inspection. Customs has arrested a total of 4 people. Customs stopped a foreign national traveling from Colombo to Mumbai and after searching her, 24KT gold bricks and a cut piece were found hidden inside her undergarments, the total weight of which is 321 grams.
The passenger was later arrested, the official said.
A foreign national travelling from Colombo to Mumbai was intercepted and found carrying gold bars and a cut piece, with a net weight of 321 grams, concealed inside her undergarments, he said.
According to the information, 10 people coming from Dubai (02), Abu Dhabi (02), Bahrain (01), Doha (01), Riyadh (01), Muscat (01), Bangkok (01) and Singapore (01). During the stop and search, 6.199 kg of gold, worth Rs 4.04 crore, hidden inside his rectum and bag, was recovered. 3 people have been arrested in the case.
In one such case, a man traveling from Mumbai to Bangkok was stopped and diamonds were found during search. He had cleverly hidden these diamonds in a packet of noodles inside his trolley bag. Of these, 254.71 carat natural loose diamond and 977.98 carat lab-grown diamond, worth Rs 2.02 crore, were recovered. After this the person was immediately arrested and sent to judicial custody.
