In a single day, the Mumbai Airport Customs captured 61 kilograms of gold worth Rs 32 crore. Nirmala Sitharaman, FM, praises the readiness.

In a single day, the Mumbai Airport Customs captured 61 kilograms of gold worth Rs 32 crore. Nirmala Sitharaman, FM, praises the readiness.

Two separate investigations on Friday resulted in the seizure of 61 kg of gold worth Rs 32 crore, possibly the most major single-day recovery in the annals of Mumbai Airport Customs. Five males and two women, totaling seven people, have been detained.

At the first moment, four of the Indian travelers who were leaving Tanzania had 53 kg of gold hidden inside of them, worth Rs 28.17 crore. The 1 kg gold bars, created in the UAE, were hidden in belts with many compartments that were made specifically for the purpose.

The Additional Chief Metropolitan Judge has detained all four travelers and ordered them to spend 14 days in judicial custody. The passengers admitted under questioning that a Sudanese person who was not traveling with them on the flight gave them the gold while it was en route at the Doha airport.

The same day, three people who had taken a Vistara flight to arrive from Dubai were found to be in possession of 8 kilograms of gold worth Rs 3.88 crore. Ingeniously hidden in the waist of the passengers’ jeans pants was gold dust in wax. The three passengers reportedly included a late-sixties woman in a wheelchair. The trio has been detained and taken into custody by authorities.

According to officials, the amazing single-day recovery in the record of the custom at the Mumbai airport was on Friday with the seizures.

FM praises the operations.

Nirmala Sitharaman, the Union Finance Minister, praised the Mumbai Airport Customs on Sunday for their alertness and promptness in seizing the illegal gold. “I appreciate your awareness, @mumbaicus3. Your quick thinking produced a fantastic result. Thank you, “Tweeted Sitharaman.

In Mumbai Airport, sensitive flights from specific locations in Africa and in the Middle East were monitored continuously for suspicious flights, and based on data-based analysis from the high-quantity gold and foreign exchange discoveries, a systematic profile of suspected passengers was carried out.

The pattern and process of operation noted, together with the profile of foreign national travelers then extrapolating the tendencies, led to success in the current instance of the Foreign Exchange confiscation of 4.08 crores. Four Indian passengers are traveling on Flight Flight No. QR-556 from Doha was detained during the operation. When questioned, it was discovered that they were from Tanzania.

Senior customs sectors stated that a total of 53 kg of gold was found during the personal examination of the aforementioned passengers.

An exactly made belt with many pockets that was worn around their torso disguised the gold bars on their person. According to the top customs authorities, all four of the passengers admitted to receiving the gold from an unidentified Sudanese person who was not traveling to them on the flight while it was en route at the Doha airport. All four people have been detained, and the Additional Chief Metro Magistrate has remanded them to judicial custody for 14 days.

Another incident included three passengers arriving from Dubai on a Vistara flight. Based on intelligence, Mumbai Airport Customs agents apprehended the trio and recovered 8 kg of gold. Ingeniously hidden in the waistband of the passengers’ jeans pants was liquid gold in wax form.

Nirmala Sitharaman, the Union Finance Minister, praised the Mumbai Airport Customs on Sunday for their vigilance after the agents discovered 61 kilograms of gold valued at 32 crores. In two separate cases that are related, they have detained seven passengers. The Finance Minister expressed their gratitude to @mumbaicus3 for his awareness on Twitter. Your quick thinking produced a fantastic result. Nirmala Sitharaman, the Union Finance Minister, said on Twitter, “Well done.”

According to the officer, this was the greatest confiscation in a single day ever recorded by Mumbai Airport Customs. On Friday, two female travelers and five men were detained.

In another incident, Mumbai Airport Customs sectors used the information to detain three people (one male and two females) flying on a Vistara flight from Dubai and seize 8 kg of gold. According to ANI, cleverly hidden gold powder in wax was discovered in the waistband of the passengers’ trousers pants.

edited and proofread by nikita sharma