Air India Cabin Crew Arrested For Smuggling 1.5 Kg Gold In Kochi

An Air India cabin team has been arrested on the Kochi Airport on Wednesday for smuggling gold, officers stated Shafi, a local of Wayanad, changed into arrested with the aid of using Customs officers at Kochi with 1,487 grams of gold. The Customs Preventive Commissionerate had obtained exclusive statistics that Shafi, a cabin team member of the Bahrain-Kozhikode-Kochi service, changed into bringing gold.

The accused changed into making plans to wrap the gold across the palms and cowl the sleeve of the blouse and byskip via the inexperienced channel. He is being interrogated in addition, the officers stated. Two passengers, who arrived from Singapore, have been arrested at Chennai airport on Wednesday for sporting gold weighing 6.eight kg valued at ₹ 3.32 crores, Chennai customs stated.

According to officers, the passengers arrived in Chennai from Singapore with the aid of using AI-347 and 6E-fifty two. Chennai Customs in a tweet stated, “Based on Intel, 2 pax who arrived from Singapore with the aid of using AI-347 and 6E-fifty two have been intercepted with the aid of using Customs on 07.03.23. On seek in their baggage, gold definitely weighing 6.eight kg valued at ₹ 3.32 crore changed into recovered/ seized below the CA,1962. Pax have been arrested and in addition research is on.”