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Gold, Undeclared Goods Seized from Couple at Ahmedabad Airport

Gold, Undeclared Goods Seized from Couple at Ahmedabad Airport
Gold jewellery and undeclared goods of Rs 32.37 lakh seized from couple at Ahmedabad airport · theprint.in

When people travel to another country on an airplane, they have to tell the airport workers what they are bringing with them.

This is called declaring your things.

A couple flew from a place called Sharjah to the city of Ahmedabad in India.

They did not tell the customs officers about the gold jewellery they were carrying.

Customs officers are the people who check what comes into a country.

The officers had a special tip based on watching how passengers behave, which is called passenger profiling.

They stopped the couple and found gold jewellery and other things that were not declared.

The items were worth about Rs 32.37 lakh, which is a very big amount of money.

The officers took the items away because bringing them into the country without telling is against the rules.

Key facts

Items seized
Gold jewellery and other undeclared goods
Total value
Around Rs 32,37,000 (Rs 32.37 lakh)
Passengers
Couple originally from Kerala
Arrival from
Sharjah
Flight
Air Arabia flight G9-418
Location
Ahmedabad airport
Enforcement agency
Air Intelligence Unit (AIU), Ahmedabad Customs
Basis of action
Intelligence developed through passenger profiling

Sources

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