In accordance with an official, the gold was hid within the waist belt, crude chains from them.
Coimbatore:
Directorate of Income Intelligence, Coimbatore intercepted seven passengers on Monday who introduced gold in concealment from Sharjah, weighing 3.5 kgs and valued at Rs 1.83 crores. One individual was arrested in reference to the matter.
The arrested passenger was recognized as Firoz Rahman hailing from Kerala’s Kozhikode.
In accordance with an official assertion, the gold which was hid within the waist belt, crude chains and bangles was recovered from them.
“On the idea of particular intelligence gathered, the officers of Directorate of Income Intelligence, Coimbatore intercepted seven passengers who introduced gold in concealment from Sharjah to Coimbatore by Air Arabia Flight on September 5 of their individual. The gold which was hid within the waist belt, crude chains and bangles had been recovered from them. Altogether the full amount of foreign-origin gold seized is 3.5 kgs valued at Rs 1.83 Crores. On this case, the officers arrested one passenger named Firoz Rahman (Aged 30 years) of Kozhikode whose seized worth exceeded Rs 50 lakhs,” the assertion added.
Additional investigation into the matter is underway.
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