Nabbed with gold biscuits in footwear

Two Sri Lankan passengers bound for Mumbai, India from KIA were apprehended by Customs officers on Friday for concealing nine gold biscuits in the heels of their footwear, the Director of Customs and media spokesman, Lesley Gamini said.

He said, the value of the gold biscuits are over Rs. 4.5 million and they were confiscated. Two passengers were fined Rs. 50,000 each. The raid was conducted by Assistant Superintendents of Customs Nuwan Abeynayaka, Rohana Kumara and Chandima Karunaratne under the instruction of Deputy Director of Customs Stanley Senaratne and Superintendent of Customs Sudaththa Silva. -

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