Chennai: The Air Intelligence Unit seized 302 grams of gold from passengers who attempted to smuggle the valuable metal in an innovative way. The Customs Department working with the Air Intelligence Unit seized gold in the form of a paste in between the layers of pants at Kannur Airport in Kerala.
According to ANI, "Air Intelligence Unit at Kannur airport has seized 302 grams of gold in the form of a very thin paste, concealed within the double-layered pants worn by a passenger, said Customs Preventive Unit, Kochi in Kerala."
In the image shared by the news agency, the pants were cut into two and a piece of fabric was seen with a golden yellow paste smeared on it.
The way the gold was smuggled by the accused has made people turn their heads. As soon as the image was shared, Twitter users also tried to find out the way customs officials cracked the case.
A Twitter user responded, "Like the whole pant won’t go off when they pass the metal detector smh! Gold is a metal, passing through any metal detector in any form will make it go off! Smh."
Another social media user said, “Omg this has blown my mind... this is innovative.”
Even earlier, passengers tried to smuggle 99 gm of gold as buttons of jeans. Another passenger in Calicut was caught while trying to smuggle gold into a laptop by placing thin sheets inside it. However, the gold was caught as the laptop was put under the scanner.