Prateek Tanmay
1 min readAhmedabadJul 23, 2026 12:37 AM IST
The Customs department in Ahmedabad on Wednesday said they have apprehended two passengers from Maharashtra while they were trying to smuggle 129.18 grams of gold worth Rs19.48 lakh in paste form by hiding it under their shirt collars.
They were apprehended at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad. While one is a resident of Mumbai, the other hails from Ulhasnagar.
A statement from the department said, “Acting on specific intelligence received from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), officers of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU), Ahmedabad Customs, intercepted two male passengers who arrived from Dubai at Ahmedabad on July 22 by Flight No. 6E-1478.”
It further said, “Upon detailed examination, the passengers were found to have ingeniously concealed gold paste inside the collars of their shirts. The recovered gold paste was processed and converted into TT bars of 24 Kt purity, having a net weight of 129.18 grams and a total market value of Rs 19,48,034.”
Further investigation is underway.
