Mangalore: Gold Haul at City Airport; Customs seize 2 Kg Bars concealed in shoe

Bellevision Media Network

Mangalore, Jun 4, 2014 : The officers of customs at Mangalore International Airport seized 2 gold bars, totally weighing 2 kilograms and valued at Rs 54,20,000 concealed inside the shoes of a passenger – Ibrahim Kaleel Ebrahim Kunnil, who arrived at Mangalore International Airport on Tuesday June 3 at about 22-00 hours by Air India Express flight IX 384 from Dubai.

 

 
Ibrahim Kaleel Ebrahim Kunnil is a resident of Kunnil House, Chowki Kunnil, Kudlu Post, Kallangai, Kasargod district of Kerala.  He was arrested and produced before N S Patil, principal civil judge senior division and chief judicial magistrate, here who remanded the accused to judicial custody till Tuesday June 17.

 
The operation was carried out under the supervision of Pravin Vinod, assistant commissioner of customs, Mangalore International Airport.  Further investigation is in progress.