Mumbai: The Customs officials seized 61 Kgs of Gold and arrested seven persons including two women at Mumbai airport on Sunday. The Customs officials seized gold is worth of Rs 32 crores.

This is the highest single day seizure at the airport. According to the air intelligence unit (AUI) officials, this is the highest-value seizure by the customs wing at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in a single day. In the first operation, four Indians returning from Tanzania were found carrying 1 kg gold bars, which were concealed in specially-designed belts with multiple pockets.

In another seizure, customs officials recovered 53 kg of UAE-made gold bars, worth Rs 28.17 crore, from the belts that the passengers had worn around their torso. The belts were handed over to the travellers by a Sudanese national at Doha airport during the transit time. Moreover, the customs officials seized 8 kg of gold valued at Rs 3.88 crore from three passengers who had arrived from Dubai.

The four travellers were arrested and remanded to 14 days of judicial custody by a Court. As per the customs wing, the trio including two women was carrying gold dust in wax form. The gold was ingeniously concealed in the waistline of the jeans the travellers had worn. Here, one of the women was in her late 60s and was in a wheelchair.