Mangaluru: Man caught smuggling gold pasted on his head
Mangaluru/UNI: The Customs officials at the Mangaluru International Airport arrested a person who was carrying gold weighing 247.7 grms in a form of bar pasted on his head.
In a tweet on Wednesday, the Customs sleuths said the passenger had pasted the gold bar on his head and covered it with false hair. He was checked soon after his arrival by an Air India flight from Dubai.
The gold seized was valued at Rs 9.57 lakh.
A Customs official said this form of smuggling gold has been in vogue in Mumbai but for the first time took place in Mangaluru.
The passenger shaved a portion of his hair on the head and pasted the gold bar on it. He was found coming out of the airport wearing a cap. Following suspicion, the sleuths searched him and recovered the gold.
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