NewsKarnataka-Mangalore
Mangalore:A person from Kasargod has been arrested by the customs officials at the Mangalore International Airport on October 7, Monday for trying to smuggle one kg gold worth Rs 25 lakhs in Jet Airways flight.
The arrested person is Yusuf Koppala (35) from Kasargod. It is learnt the gold was hidden beneath his seat. Sources said he had insisted in having the 23C seat in the flight which was to take off to Mumba,making the officials suspect his intentions.
Immediately the flight officers checked the seat and found the gold beneath. The suspicion is that an accomplice of Yusuf who had boarded the fight in Dubai had placed the gold beneath the seat. Yusuf had then intended to occupy the same seat and travel to Mumbai with an intention of handing over the gold to another person.