Kolkata Airport Gold Smuggling

A passenger was held at the Kolkata airport with gold bars worth Rs 77 lakh, officials said on Saturday.

Gold ornaments worth around Rs 40 lakh were seized by Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) on Friday at Kolkata airport.

Air Intelligence officers at the Kolkata airport recovered 12 cut pieces of foreign-origin gold bars, worth over Rs 30 lakh. The total weight of the gold is approximately 600 grams.

The CISF on Monday arrested aman coming from Bangkok at the airport for allegedly smuggling "gold paste"worth Rs 32 lakh by concealing it in his underwear and jeans, officials said.

Customs officials have seized over 4 kilograms of gold valued at over Rs One crore from two passengers from Dubai on separate international flights at the NSC Bose International Airport here, officials said today.

An Indian woman passenger from Dubai was arrested after 1.5 kg gold was found from her bags at the city airport today, officials said.

One person was arrested at Kolkata airport today for allegedly trying to smuggle gold from Dhaka by carrying it in his rectum, the police said.

Six kgs of gold have been seized from three passengers at the NSC Bose international airport in Kolkata.

In a major seizure, 54 kg of gold worth Rs 16.5 crore was recovered from three persons at Kempegowda international airport in Bangalore, police said today.

Two officers from Kolkata Police arrived in Bangalore today to enquire into the attempt to smuggle 54 kg gold worth Rs 16.5 crore through Kempegowda Airport in Bangalore last night.

Five passengers have been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country gold bars worth over Rs 2 crore at the New Delhi airport.

Four people were detained and 608 grams of gold worth Rs 17 lakh was seized from them at the airport in Kolkata on Thursday, an official said.

A passenger was held at the Kolkata airport with gold bars worth Rs 77 lakh, officials said on Saturday.

Gold ornaments worth around Rs 40 lakh were seized by Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) on Friday at Kolkata airport.

Air Intelligence officers at the Kolkata airport recovered 12 cut pieces of foreign-origin gold bars, worth over Rs 30 lakh. The total weight of the gold is approximately 600 grams.

The CISF on Monday arrested aman coming from Bangkok at the airport for allegedly smuggling "gold paste"worth Rs 32 lakh by concealing it in his underwear and jeans, officials said.

Customs officials have seized over 4 kilograms of gold valued at over Rs One crore from two passengers from Dubai on separate international flights at the NSC Bose International Airport here, officials said today.

An Indian woman passenger from Dubai was arrested after 1.5 kg gold was found from her bags at the city airport today, officials said.

One person was arrested at Kolkata airport today for allegedly trying to smuggle gold from Dhaka by carrying it in his rectum, the police said.

Six kgs of gold have been seized from three passengers at the NSC Bose international airport in Kolkata.

In a major seizure, 54 kg of gold worth Rs 16.5 crore was recovered from three persons at Kempegowda international airport in Bangalore, police said today.

Two officers from Kolkata Police arrived in Bangalore today to enquire into the attempt to smuggle 54 kg gold worth Rs 16.5 crore through Kempegowda Airport in Bangalore last night.

Five passengers have been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country gold bars worth over Rs 2 crore at the New Delhi airport.

Four people were detained and 608 grams of gold worth Rs 17 lakh was seized from them at the airport in Kolkata on Thursday, an official said.