SEIZURE GOLD BISCUIT CONCEALED INSIDE SILVER BAR AT TIVANDRUM AIRPORT BY CUSTOMS

BIGGEST GOLD SEIZURE IN MY CAREER

" I Express my sincere gratitude to Shri.MATHEW JOHN I.R.S JOINT COMMISSIONER CUSTOMS AND CENTRAL EXCISE and Shri.P.E.M.KARTHA Superintendent and other officers of Intelligence Unit Trivandrum International Airport, for their co-operation and co-ordination, without which I would not have achieved this credit"

While I was the Assistant Collector,Trivandrum International Airport I made the biggest seizure of 252 numbers (30 Kg) of gold biscuits concealed inside three Silver bars imported as Silver.On 30-6-1993 i have made this biggest seizure in my career on the basis of an information furnished by an informer to me.On the basis of the information the passenger named in the information was intercepted after he was going out of the baggage hall of the Trivandum international Airport.Immediately on receipt of the information i have passed on the contents to my Superintendent Intelligence shr.P.E.M.Kartha and he had organised the officers for interception and detailed examination of the passenger.

This seizure was important due to several other reasons.This was the first case of seizure of Gold biscuits concealed in the Silver Bars which were permitted as personal baggage under the liberalised import scheme started during that period.This is the only case in India where concealment of Gold biscuits inside Silver bars were detected on the basis of Specific information.There were several cases of seizure of gold concealed inside silver after this seizure,but all of them were on routine check.This seizure was made by me at a time when there were lot of media reports that gold was flowing in to India as concealment inside the Silver bars.Thre were routine examination in all Airports like cutting the silver bars and measurement of weight through specialized procedures.

The informer in this case was awarded with Rs.1500000/-(Fifteen lakhs)being the 20% of the seizure value.Though I have cultivated the informer in my case and collected the intelligence I have received only Rupees.One Lakh as reward due to departmental ceiling on the amount of reward disbursable in individual cases.

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Me and Shri.Kartha (supdt) Air-Intelligence

Me and the officers who made the operation a success

News reports about the Seizure which was first of its kind in India

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