In two separate incidents on Saturday, the customs division of Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport arrested two passengers making an attempt to smuggle 3.497 kg of gold, marking the largest haul of the yr 2023, in response to officers at Lucknow airport.
Within the first incident, customs officers at Lucknow airport found gold hidden inside a espresso machine, whereas within the second incident, gold in paste kind was recovered from contained in the rectum of one other passenger. The entire weight of the recovered gold was 3.497 kg, valued at round ₹2 crore.
A video of the incident went viral on social media on Sunday, displaying an official utilizing a hammer to interrupt the machine and a reducing device to get better two cylindrical gold bars. An official at Lucknow airport clarified, “There have been truly two incidents of gold smuggling on Saturday. One passenger was caught smuggling gold by hiding it in his rectum, whereas the second passenger was caught making an attempt to smuggle gold by hiding it within the espresso machine. Each passengers arrived on the Air India Categorical flight from Dubai.”
The Lucknow airport’s customs division has reportedly arrested over 100 passengers and seized round 255 kg of gold value from smugglers since 2018.
