Diamonds in noodles, gold in underwear: Mumbai customs seize ₹6.46 cr in smuggled valuables; 4 held
Diamonds and gold, valued at ₹6.46 crore, were seized at Mumbai airport. Four travellers were arrested.
THE Customs department at Mumbai airport found diamonds in noodle packets and gold hidden in passengers and their bags. The total value of these items is ₹6.46 crore, PTI reported while citing an official.
Customs officials arrested four passengers who had over 6.815 kg of gold worth ₹4.44 crore and diamonds valued at ₹2.02 crore last weekend, according to a statement released late April 22 night.
An Indian traveller going from Mumbai to Bangkok was caught with diamonds hidden in noodle packets inside his suitcase. He was arrested, an official reported.
A foreign traveller flying from Colombo to Mumbai was caught with gold bars and a small piece, weighing 321 grams in total, hidden in her underwear.
Ten Indian nationals coming from Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Doha, Riyadh, Muscat, Bangkok and Singapore were caught carrying over 6 kilograms of gold, worth about 4.04 crore rupees, hidden in their rectums, on their bodies and in their luggage.
Three of them were arrested.
