"These five cases were detected in the intervening night of September 21 and September 22," said AIU Additional Commissioner Milind Lanjewar.
In the first case, the Customs intercepted Bansi Kothari who arrived from Bangkok. Officials recovered 5 gold bars of 100 grams each valued at around Rs 12.48 laks which was concealed inside her undergargments.
In another case, four persons were arrested for smuggling three kilograms of gold worth Rs 74.89 lakhs.
"On interrogation, Amri showed the picture of a person on her mobile, who was waiting outside the arrival to receive her. Customs officials later nabbed one Rajanish Tripathi who had come to receive Amri," Lanjewar said.
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Later it was revealed by Tripathi that there was another passenger on the same flight and the officials shortly intercepted Mangana Vasu and her accomplice Mohammed Ashraf. All the four persons were arrested.
In the third case the officials' intercepted passenger Noorjahan Shaikh who had arrived from Dubai and recovered three gold bars weighing 349 grams worth Rs 8.71 lakhs which was concealed in her undergarments.