The customs division on Sunday arrested six individuals on the Chennai Airport for trying to smuggle gold and overseas forex hidden beneath their hair-wigs. Officials say that the 2 passengers have been making an attempt to smuggle in gold from Dubai.
According to the stories, the officers seized 5.5 kilograms of gold price Rs 2.53 crore and overseas forex price Rs 24 lakh. The officers later shared a video of the incident the place the arrested man will be seen eradicating his wig and peeling off a packet that was glued to his partly-tonsured head.
WATCH THE VIDEO:
In an official press launch, the Customs officers mentioned that primarily based on a tip-off, Magroob Akbarali (a 39-year-old resident of Ramanathapuram) and Zubair Hassan Rafiyutheen (a 26-year-old resident of Chennai), who arrived from Dubai have been intercepted on the exit. On examination, they have been discovered to be sporting wigs. Two gold paste packets, weighing 698 grams have been seized.
An analogous incident occurred on Friday the place three individuals recognized as Syed Ahamedulla, Santhosh Selvam and Abdullah have been arrested for concealing gold of their wigs. Upon discovering their hair suspicious, the officers examined the trio and located three gold paste packets weighing 2410 grams hidden beneath the wig.
Similarly, a 42-year-old man who arrived from Dubai to Chennai was searched and was discovered hiding three bundles of gold paste.
