It is almost every day that Customs officials seize undeclared valuables and illegal contraband from the personal effects of international air passengers, but in an unusual twist, valuables were seized from within the rear toilet of an Air India International aircraft. Based on the information of a possible gold smuggling by means of concealment in an aircraft, officers of the Air Intelligence Unit carried out rummaging of Air India Flight AI-906, which had arrived from Dubai. The search revealed four bundles wrapped in adhesive tape hidden in the rear toilet of the aircraft. On being cut open, it was noticed that the package contained 48 gold bars bearing foreign markings, weighing a total of 5.6kg. The recovered gold bars were seized as unclaimed under the provisions of Customs Act 1962.

Source: dna November 05, 2019 14:37 UTC