LUCKNOW: In a major success against precious metal smugglers, customs sleuths nabbed an Air India bus driver and a passenger for allegedly smuggling gold worth Rs 1.68 crore into the country.
On Wednesday wee hours at around 3:25am, a 47-year-old passenger alighted from Salam Air flight OV 797 at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, Lucknow with 27 gold bars weighing 3149.280 grams.
Speaking on anonymity, a senior customs officer said, “Since the accused passenger is a repeat offender, our advance passenger information system and intelligence gathering flagged him as soon as he checked in for the Lucknow flight from Muscat (Oman).”
