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The search of Air India flight AI994 resulted in the recovery of 10 gold bars covered with baloons in the aircraft toilet.
According to reports, an Indian international transit passenger from Dubai to Benagluru via Goa was interrogated and upon his personal search, few balloons similar to the ones wrapped around the gold bars and a gel bottle was recovered and on further questioning, the passenger admitted that the gold bars belonged to him. The gold has been seized under provision of the Custom Act 1962.
The seizure was made by the Air Intelligence Unit under the supervision of G B Santimano, Additional Commissioner of Customs and guidance of R Manohar, Commissioner of Customs.
This is the ninth case of gold seizure made by the Air Intelligence Unit of Goa Customs since April, this year.
Customs detains passenger with gold worth Rs 32 lakh at airport
The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Goa Customs at Dabolim airport detained an international passenger while allegedly trying to smuggle 1.16 kgs of raw gold worth Rs 32 lakh.
