This time at the Kolkata airport, the customs department recovered a large quantity of gold from two passengers and e-cigarettes from one passenger. Officers are suspected to have escaped by evading the metal detector. That’s when they were searched. A large quantity of gold and e-cigarettes were found during the search. They also had gold biscuits.
What is the value of gold and e-cigarettes? And the estimated price of e-cigarette is 30 lakh rupees. With all this, two passengers came to Kolkata by plane. Customs officials are investigating where the gold and e-cigarettes were being smuggled.
What exactly happened at the airport? According to the customs department, the two passengers came to Kolkata from Myanmar. After landing at the airport, they were looking for various loopholes to get out of. They then use the Green Channel to get out of the airport. Metal detectors try to avoid. And then it came to the notice of the officials of the Air Intelligence Unit of Calcutta Airport. The two passengers were immediately detained and interrogated.
What else is known? তখন Customs officials then searched the two passengers. Gold biscuits were recovered. They had about two kilograms of gold with an estimated market value of 14 million rupees. 1230 pieces of foreign e-cigarettes were recovered from a passenger who came to Kolkata from Dubai. The value of which is 30 lakh rupees. Customs officials believe the man was involved in smuggling.