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Man arrested at Ahmedabad airport with gold concealed in body

Man arrested at Ahmedabad airport with gold concealed in body
Gold Worth Rs.65.69 Lakh Found Hidden in Passenger’s Rectum · deccanchronicle.com

Some people try to bring gold into India without paying the required taxes, and that is called smuggling.

At an airport in the city of Ahmedabad, in Gujarat, customs officers stopped a 24-year-old man from the town of Godhra.

He had flown in from Jeddah, through Doha, on a plane.

The officers thought he might be hiding something, so they checked him closely.

They found a soft golden paste, made from gold, hidden inside his body.

The paste weighed about 467 grams.

The officers turned it into a shiny 24-carat gold bar weighing about 423 grams, worth about 65 lakh rupees, which is a very large amount of money.

The man, named Sarfaraz Mala, was arrested because hiding gold in your body to sneak it into the country is against the law.

This is not the first time it has happened at this airport, as two other people were caught earlier this year using similar secret hiding methods.

The police are still investigating to find out more.

Key facts

Gold bar recovered
422.83 grams, 24-carat purity
Gold paste found on passenger
467.09 grams
Market value
Rs 65,69,087 (Rs 65.69 lakh)
Passenger
Sarfaraz Mala, 24, from Godhra, Gujarat
Flight
Qatar Airways QR-534, Jeddah via Doha
Date of interception
Sunday, August 9
Legal action
Arrest and seizure under Customs Act, 1962
Earlier related cases
July 29: 244.16g from Dubai (Rs 35.84 lakh); March: 553.07g from Kuala Lumpur (Rs 83.29 lakh)

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Customs Air Intelligence Unit official

“The passenger was found to have concealed 467.09 grams of gold paste inside his rectum. The recovered paste was subsequently converted into a gold bar weighing 422.83 grams and valued at Rs 65,69,087.”
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