PUNE: A Delhi-based woman who arrived from Bangkok in a SpiceJet flight was caught at the Pune airport for smuggling gold through her body.
According to a statement by the customs department, they recieved an intel and intercepted the lady. “Acting on intelligence developed during passenger profiling, officers of Pune Customs intercepted a woman passenger at Pune International airport who was travelling on Spicejet flight from Bangkok to Pune on December 20,” the customs department said in a statement.
Custom officials seized a capsule containing 210 g of 24K gold that the lady had concealed in her body cavity. The market value of the seizure is estimated to be around Rs 11.70 lakh, the custom department added.