20kg gold seized from bizman at Bhubaneswar International Airport

Acting on a tip-off, the state Commercial Taxes (CT) and GST officials on Friday seized around 20kg of gold from a passenger at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA). The huge amount of gold was seized from the passenger who landed in Bhubaneswar from Mumbai by an IndiGo flight.

The consignment was seized as the carrier failed to produce valid documents. The CT GST officials have detained the passenger, believed to be a businessman. He is currently being interrogated for further details, reports said.

The consignment was being transported in packets that were supposed to be shipped to Kalahandi and Angul.

According to sources, the CT & GST received information about the gold being transported from Mumbai through the IndiGo flight. The raid team intercepted the carrier while coming out with the 20kg gold.

As per preliminary inquiry, the carrier showed papers for 16kg gold, but he could not produce a satisfactory tax invoice and other documents for the remaining 4kg gold.

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Notably, the GT & GST team seized about 80 kg gold and 200 kg silver ornaments from a container near the Bhubaneswar airport on August 26 this year.