The officers at Airport Commissionerate, Mumbai, Zone-III, made a seizure of GOLD weighing 0.247 Kg valued at INR 21.96 Lakh during the night duty of 20/21 May, 2025. These seizures were made across two cases and foreign currency equivalent to INR 76.23 Lakh was recovered in one case. One passenger was also arrested under the the Customs Act, 1962.
Based on profiling, the customs officers intercepted two passengers arriving from Bahrain and Daman and recovered 24 KT Gold Bar having net weight of 247 Grams, valued at INR 21.96 Lakh on May 21, 2025 early morning. The said gold was concealed under the luggage trolley advertisement sticker.
On the basis of profiling, the Customs officers also intercepted a passenger departing from Mumbai to Bangkok and recovered Foreign Currency i.e. USD 90,000 equivalent to Indian INR 76.23 Lakh on the same day. The said currency was concealed in the handbag carried by the passenger. One passenger was arrested in this case.
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