A couple coming in from Dubai had smuggled in 2.6 kg of gold, worth ₹1.15 crore, a press release saidOfficials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence arrested a couple who returned to Coimbatore from Dubai by flight and had smuggled in 2.6 kg of gold, worth ₹1.15 crore. On enquiry at the airport on arrival, they denied carrying gold. It was found that the six packets recovered from them contained gold in paste form, weighing 2.61 kg. “Carrying gold in ‘paste form’ is the new way adopted by smugglers to dodge metal detectors and X-ray machines installed at various international airports, and the gold paste is difficult to detect once it is covered with some chemicals,” the press release said. They were summoned on August 25 and arrested under the Customs Act, 1962.

Source: The Hindu August 26, 2020 11:37 UTC