Mangaluru : On a tip off given by the Immigration Authorities of Mangalore International Airport, the officers of Customs at Mangalore International Airport intercepted a lady passenger and seized from her possession, gold ornaments weighing 749.900 grams valued at Rs.16,49,780/- brought by her in a concealed manner.
The gold ornaments packed in two rectangular shaped packets wrapped in adhesive tape, were found concealed in the waist portion underneath the denim jeans trousers worn by her inside her burka.
The passenger, named Smt. Nazneen Banu Mahfooz Qureshi, wife of Mahfooz Ayyub Qureshi, aged about 41 Years, is a resident of Mumbai having address at Room No.21, 3rd Floor, 166, Bunder Building, J.B. Shah Marg, Khadak, Mumbai-400009, who arrived at Mangalore International Airport on 19.12.2014 at about 0830 hrs by Air India Express flight No.IX814 from Dubai.
The said lady passenger was later arrested and produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate for remand to judicial custody.
Further investigation in the case is under progress.