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Another attempt to smuggle a stock of gold gel worth over Rs.160 million by five local traders concealed in their baggage bound for India was thwarted by the Sri Lanka Customs stationed at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this afternoon.
Customs Narcotic Control Unit officials at the BIA Departure Terminal on a tip off searched five male passengers who were about to travel to Chennai on Indigo Airlines flight 6E 1171 at 1.55pm yesterday and seized the contraband.
The officials found 23 plastic capsules containing a gel-like solution mixed with gold dust and ten sachet packets containing the gold dust, overall weighing up to 8,637grams (8.6Kgs) concealed in their clothes in the baggage.
An official attached to the Customs Narcotic Control Unit told the Daily Mirror the suspects had been identified as residents from Negombo aged between 30 to 55 years. They were reportedly engaged in the trade of importing ready-made garments from South India.
This was reported as the fourth gold gel smuggling attempt thwarted by the Customs at the BIA in the last three weeks. The contraband will be sent to the Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) to determine the exact quantity of gold dust mixed in a gel-like solution.
The suspects were to be produced before the Negombo Magistrate’s Court last evening prior to the Customs inquiry pending the ITI test results.(Kurulu Koojana Kariyakarawana)
Shiran Tuesday, 11 July 2023 10:08 PM
Send immediate message to the Presidental Secretariat and the penalty will be reverersed. One of those pambaya MPs will give a call and sort it out. Corruption continues as the country slides into further financial strife.
Maybe they have no UNP connection to get their gold released Wednesday, 12 July 2023 12:31 AM
If the smuggler have UNP men on their payroll, they can have President issue orders to release their gold.
Tissa Fernando Wednesday, 12 July 2023 01:42 AM
Looks like this is going on every day. Smugglers are taking risks knowing that they get caught only few times.
Sam Silva Wednesday, 12 July 2023 02:26 AM
They are converting their currency. The government has put so much restrictions on foreign currency in and out, people are doing alternatives methods
Sivalingam Wednesday, 12 July 2023 07:50 AM
Ali Sabri may be back.
Quo vadis Wednesday, 12 July 2023 07:51 AM
Make all gold sales cashless. 90% of the gold is smuggled.
Jude Wednesday, 12 July 2023 09:42 AM
Customs bigwigs NOT getting enough "Something" !!!??
Gnanawathi Palan Wednesday, 12 July 2023 07:18 PM
Another minister using his privileges? Do not take any action!!
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