Indore: The Customs officials seized 111.5gm of foreign origin gold paste and 3,840 cigarette sticks of foreign origin from a passenger arriving from Dubai to Indore at the Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport.
The passenger had concealed the foreign origin gold paste inside the zip of jeans pants. The value of the seized gold paste is Rs 6 lakh.
The same passenger from Rampur district in Uttar Pradesh was carrying 3,840 sticks of Indonesia origin (Gudang Garam) cigarettes in 16 packets in his baggage.
“On basis of specific Intelligence developed by Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) Customs, Indore a male passenger from Rampur district of UP was intercepted who was arriving from Dubai to Indore by Air India Express IX 258 dated Nov 9. The passenger concealed foreign origin gold paste inside the zip of jeans pants,” Customs commissionerate, Indore (MP & CG) said in a statement issued on Friday.
