Bengaluru crime: Foreigner held at airport with 2,398-gram gold

The accused is said to be a foreign national and found carrying gold illegally on November 16.

Bengaluru customs officials arrested one person at Kempegowda International airport and recovered 2,398-gram gold from the person. The accused is said to be a foreign national and found carrying gold illegally on November 16.

Bengaluru crime: Foreigner held at airport with 2,398-gram gold

The customs officials on Friday announced that they arrested the suspect based on a tip-off by DRI (Directorate of Revenue Intelligence). In a tweet, the Customs department said, “Based on the information given by the DRI, two passengers were intercepted who arrived at Bengaluru on November 16, in a flight. Both the accused are foreign nationals.”

Revealing the details about recovered gold items, the tweet further read, “Customs officials recovered concealed gold in the form of fifteen gold biscuits, two gold cut pieces and four gold sticks. The smuggled gold totalling 2398 grams was seized and one person was arrested by customs officials.” The officials are investigating the accused for further details.

In October, Officials of the Bengaluru customs department arrested a person at the Bengaluru airport for allegedly smuggling crude gold chains into Bengaluru. They also seized around 900-gram gold valued at around ₹46 lakh. The accused was sent for further questioning by the customs department.