Lucknow Customs Bust Syndicate Using Specially Designed Underwear to Smuggle Gold, Woman Held

Top gold smuggling syndicate, using specially designed undergarments to smuggle gold paste in the country, has been busted. The syndicate had hired women couriers, wearing these special undergarments to smuggle gold in form of paste. One of the key couriers, a 39-year-old woman, was arrested at Lucknow airport on Monday with 1,259 grams of yellow paste, hidden in specially designed brassiere and underpants.

Top sources in Customs (Preventive) unit of Lucknow revealed to IANS that a young woman, originally hailing from Turkman gate, Delhi, travelling from Dubai, landed from flight no FZ 8325 on April 26, 2021. On specific input, she was intercepted while trying to exit from the airport. “When the ladies staff searched her, yellow paste was recovered from the undergarments worn by the courier. The yellow paste, packed in black polythene and stitched in her brassiere was recovered,” revealed a Customs source.

The accused was produced before the Special Chief Judicial Magistrate (Customs), Lucknow on April 27, wherein she was remanded to judicial custody.

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