The authorities at Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport seized gold worth ₹2.6 crore from three passengers on Saturday.
The Air Intelligence Unit of Ahmedabad Customs apprehended a passenger trying to smuggle 1130 grams of gold worth ₹98.96 lakh as a spare part of a mixer grinder.
This passenger from Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, had arrived from Dubai on a SpiceJet flight – SG-16. When the passenger’s luggage was checked, a branded mixer blender was found. The weight of this mixer blender was found to be more than a normal mixer, leading to an inspection.
Upon further investigation, approximately 1,130 grams of gold was found hidden in the base of the blender.
In another incident, the officers of the Air Intelligence Unit of Ahmedabad, in collaboration with the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), seized 938.39 grams of gold worth ₹82.18 lakh and 951.07 grams approximately worth ₹83.29 lakh from two passengers, respectively.
The passengers were hiding the gold in their rectums.
One passenger had arrived from Abu Dhabi to Ahmedabad on Air Arabia flight 3L111 and another from Sharjah to Ahmedabad on Air Arabia flight G9418.