JAKARTA - Malang cannot be denied, profit cannot be achieved. With the intention of wanting to smuggle pure gold by flight, this woman was suspected by the security forces and was found to be carrying the precious metal.
This incident occurred in India, when a woman who smuggled gold worth more than 300,000 United Arab Emirates (UAE) dirhams or around Rp. 1,208,849,480 in her underwear, while flying from Sharjah (UAE) was arrested.
He was arrested by Indian police. It started when officials at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) intercepted the passenger, shortly after he arrived in India on a flight from the UAE.
He tried to avoid paying the taxes the Indian government levied on imported gold.
Authorities at IGIA, one of the country's busiest airports, uploaded a short video on June 13 showing how 1.5 kilograms of gold paste were hidden in the layers of some of the woman's underwear items.
He was selected and searched by officers based on the passenger profile, based on experience from previous arrests.
In previous attempts by passengers to smuggle gold from the UAE to India, the precious metal was hidden in clothing, electrical equipment, hidden in luggage linings, dentures and worn under wigs.
It is known that the flight route from Dubai to India is a popular route for smugglers, who are trying to avoid paying duties on the gold they import.
India charges 10.75 percent of the value of gold brought into the country, although there is no limit to the amount of gold that can be brought from the UAE without tax.
Gold is the number one commodity traded in Dubai. In 2020 the value of gold traded in the UAE was around 57 billion US dollars or around Rp. 843,830,850,000,000, with 112 countries importing from Dubai.
On the basis of profiling, IGIA customs intercepted a lady passenger coming from Sharjah to Delhi. On personal search, around 1.5Kg gold paste pouches stitched inside undergarments was recovered. pic.twitter.com/SwWgRXBLy8
— Delhi Customs (Airport & General) (@AirportGenCus) June 13, 2022
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