Based on intelligence, two male Passengers Shri Raheem Abdul Hameed S/o Abdul  Hameed resident of no.6, palaniammankoil north, triplicane, Chennai and Shri Mohamed  Asif S/o Basheer Ahmed, 7/11,madhavaperumal, south street, Alandur, Chennai who  arrived from Dubai by Air India airlines flight AI906 on 28.08.2022 at 05:10 hours were  intercepted by Chennai Air Customs Officers. On search of their person and baggages, 3  bundles of Gold in paste form were found concealed in their rectum & two gold bars, two  gold bits and two gold chains in person which resulted in recovery of 1.281 Kgs of Gold  valued at Rs 59.70 Lakhs from both passengers. Further, on examination of their baggages,  assorted electronic goods valued at Rs. 4.86 Lakhs were also recovered from these  passengers. 

In another case, based on intelligence, a male named Shri Thangaraja S/o  Duraisamy resident of 51, F.H Mawatha balangoda, Sri Lanka who arrived from Colombo  by Srilankan Airlines flight UL121 on 28.08.2022 were intercepted by Chennai Air Customs  Officers. On search of their persons and baggages, 6 bundles of precious stones were  found concealed in his rectum which resulted in recovery of 1706.05 karat of precious  stones valued at Rs. 23.13 Lakhs from the passenger and same was seized under Customs  Act, 1962. 

Further investigations under progress, according to a press release issued by K.R.Uday Bhaskar, Pr.Commissioner of Customs Chennai International Airport.

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(Release ID: 1856389)