AMRITSAR : Customs authorities confiscated more than 650 grams of 24 karat gold and 59 iPhones from four passengers upon their arrival at Sri Guru Ramdas Ji International Airport, Amritsar.
Giving details of the seizures on Saturday, the Joint Commissioner of Customs Joginder Singh informed that customs staff at the international airport intercepted a passenger arriving from Sharjah via Air India flight IX 138.
After a thorough search, it was revealed that the passenger had discreetly concealed three oval-shaped capsules in his rectum containing gold in a paste form weighing around 924 grams. Upon extraction, the refined weight of the gold was 652 grams, with an estimated market value of around Rs 41 lakh.
In another case, a total of 59 iPhones were recovered from three passengers who arrived in Amritsar from Dubai on board Air India Express flight IX 192.
On their search, two passengers were found to be carrying 22 iPhones each while one passenger was carrying 15 iPhones valued at around Rs 87 lakh in the market.
Both the gold and the mobile phones were seized under section 110 of the Customs Act 1962 and further investigations were initiated, said Joginder.
