Customs seizes gold worth Rs 75 lakh at Jaipur airport
In a major breakthrough, customs officials on Tuesday seized gold worth around Rs 75 lakh kept under the passenger seat of an Air India flight that landed at the Dubai-Jaipur International Airport and detained a passenger in connection with the smuggling. .
Acting on intelligence inputs, the authorities searched the Air India aircraft and seized two rectangular gold bars weighing around 1,500 grams, Assistant Commissioner of Customs, BB Atal said in a statement.
“The value of the seized gold is estimated to be around Rs 75.90 lakh,” he said.
The gold has been seized under section 1962 of the Customs Act. Atal said the passenger disclosed during interrogation that the gold kept in the plane was to be collected by an airline employee, but he did not know the name of the employee.
The Assistant Commissioner said that the passenger has been taken into custody.
(with PTI input)
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