Customs Officers Find Gold Bats Hidden In Aircraft Toilets

Illustration. (Wikimedia Commons/Kotivalo)

JAKARTA - A gold rod wrapped in a deposit and hidden under an airplane toilet sink, was found on a flight from Dubai to India.

Customs officers at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi rushed to action, after information was made to inspect the aircraft's bathroom on arrival on Sunday, reported The National News March 7.

A video shows customs officers searching the sink cavity in the toilet and finding four gold bars stored inside.

However, the Indian authorities did not name the airline where the gold bullion was found.

It is known that gold is Dubai's number one trading commodity, with airline passengers often found trying to bring it to India without paying customs fees for imports of valuables.

Although there is no limit on the amount of gold exportable from the United Arab Emirates on tax-free, India has implemented a levy of 10.75 percent of the value brought to the country.

Separately, officers from the Commissioner of Customs and Excise Ludhiana who worked at Chandigarh International Airport confiscated 18 pure gold rods, each weighing 1 kg worth about 2.5 million US dollars on March 3.

The sign, which is marked as "Etihad Gold Dubai UAE", is packed in a passenger's handbag on an IndiGo flight from Dubai.

A 30-year-old was identified at Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport by the Advance Passenger Information System, an electronic data exchange set up by Customs and US Border Protection to improve airline security.

Authorities carried out several raids as a result of seizures across India, including shopping in Myanmar.