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That is the best seizure in a single day within the historical past of the customs on the Mumbai airport
Mumbai:
Customs officers seized 61 kg of gold price Rs 32 crore in separate operations on the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Worldwide Airport right here, making it the best worth seizure by the division on the airport in a single day, an official mentioned on Sunday.
At the least seven travellers, 5 males, and two girls, had been arrested within the seizures that had been made on Friday, the official mentioned.
That is the best seizure in a single day within the historical past of the customs on the Mumbai airport, he claimed.
Within the first operation, 4 Indians coming back from Tanzania had been discovered carrying 1 kg gold bars, which had been hid in specially-designed belts with a number of pockets, the official mentioned.
Officers recovered 53 kg of UAE-made gold bars, price Rs 28.17 crore, from the belts that the passengers had worn round their torso, he mentioned.
The belts had been handed over to the travellers by a Sudanese nationwide at Doha airport in the course of the transit time, the official mentioned.
The 4 travellers had been arrested and remanded to 14 days of judicial custody by a courtroom, he mentioned.
Equally, customs officers seized 8 kg of gold valued at Rs 3.88 crore from three passengers who had arrived from Dubai, he mentioned.
The trio, together with two girls, had been carrying gold mud in wax type, he mentioned.
The gold was ingeniously hid within the waistline of the denims the travellers had worn, the official mentioned.
One of many girls was is in her late 60s and was in a wheelchair, he mentioned, including that the trio had been arrested and remanded to judicial custody.
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