Man arrested ​​at Mumbai International Airport​ ​​for smuggling gold ​

The customs Air Intelligence Unit​ ​(AIU) on Friday night ​seized ​a ​hollow cylindrical gold piece weighing 1048 grams valued at Rs 27,81,308 from a passenger who arrived in Mumbai International Airport from Delhi. The passenger earlier had arrived in Delhi from Dubai and boarded the Mumbai flight.

According to​ ​officials, ​the passenger has been identified as Rashid Shaikh​ ​(35) ​and was intercepted by ​the ​AIU team on arrival over his suspicious behavior and considering his past record of smuggling​.​ ​Upon searching​,​ the AIU staff recovered the gold from the inner part of the motor of an electrical ​juicer that he was carrying in his baggage.

"He hails from Mumbai and was arrested after he was found carrying the gold concealed in ​a ​​mixer​ ​​grinder​.​ Rashid was arrested under the relevant sections of customs act and his house was searched from where we recovered ​a ​few incriminating documents relevant to further investigation​,​"​ ​said ​the ​AIU official