Delhi Airport Customs arrested an Indian Pax who arrived from Riyadh via Dubai by flight EK 510 on 01/06/2021, for smuggling 2 metal rods of gold weighing 1428gms in total (value Rs. 64.75 lakhs) ingeniously concealed inside the check-in bag. In one attempt, 2.5kg of gold granules worth an estimated Dh600,000 were hidden in four containers of the instant orange drink, Tang.
They arrived in a postal parcel delivered via air freight.
On the same day, the authority recovered bundles of gold paste worth an estimated Dh200,000. The precious metal was hidden in a passenger’s underwear.
A day earlier, authorities in Chennai found 251 grams of gold, worth Dh60,000, hidden in a vacuum cleaner on a flight from Dubai.
There is no limit on the amount of gold a person can export from the UAE, and there are no taxes to be paid when you leave the country.
Passengers arriving into India are not required to pay taxes on small volumes of gold.
But bigger quantities must be declared, with import duty fees equivalent to 10.75 per cent of the gold’s value paid to the Indian government.
Male passengers can take in up to 20 grams of gold worth 50,000 rupees ($688) duty free, while women are allowed 40 grams.
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