Updated On: 21 February, 2024 06:17 PM IST | Mumbai | Prasun Choudhari
Mumbai Airport Customs (Customs Zone - III) has intercepted various attempts to smuggle gold and iPhones into the country. The seizures, spread across eight different cases, amounted to over 8 kilograms of gold, valued at approximately Rs 4 crore, along with five iPhones

Mumbai Airport Customs seizes over 8 kg of gold and iPhones in multiple cases. Pic/Prasun Choudhari via customs officials
Mumbai Customs (Customs Zone - III) has intercepted various attempts to smuggle gold and iPhones into the country at Mumbai Airport. The seizures, spread across eight different cases, amounted to over 8 kilograms of gold, valued at approximately Rs 4 crore, along with five iPhones.
According to Additional Commissioner Sarika Shah of Customs Zone - III, one of the cases involved a foreign national traveling from Nairobi to Mumbai via Kenya Airways Flight KQ 202. The individual was found with concealed gold items in their inner garments, including 24 KT gold bars, melted gold pieces, and assorted gold jewellery, collectively weighing 2842.010 grams.