Gold smuggled in innerwear seized, 2 women held at airport
Gold worth Rs 59 lakh was seized from two women, who had carried the precious metal in their innerwear, in separate incidents at the airport here, Customs authorities said Thursday
In one incident, Padmavathi (30) who arrived from Kuwait Thursday was subjected to a check following a tip-off and the search yielded two gold bars weighing 365 gms worth Rs 12 lakh, the officials said.
In the other incident reported Wednesday, Kraisorn Thamprakop (38), a Thailand national, who arrived from Bangkok, was intercepted on suspicion and was found to be carrying gold weighing 1.4 kg valued Rs 47 lakh concealed in a specially-designed innerwear.
She told the officials that the consignment was to be handed over to someone outside the airport.
Following this, the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) team took her out of the airport where she was approached by a 33-year-old man Loveleen Kashyap and he too was caught, the officials said.
During inquiry, it was was ascertained that both of them ..