
Mumbai: The Mumbai Airport Customs seized 61 Kg gold valued at Rs 32 Crore and arrested seven passengers in two different cases, said a senior Customs official on Sunday. The official informed that this has been the highest seizure in a single day reported in the history of Mumbai Airport Customs. The arrested persons include five men and two female passengers on Friday.
In the first case, four passengers of Indian nationality who landed from Tanzania were found carrying the smuggled gold in the form of one Kg bars ingeniously concealed in specially designed waist belts with multiple pockets. A total of 53 Kg of gold valued at Rs 28.17 Crore was recovered from the four passengers.