Thigh to Ankle - Data Cards - Huge Haul by Chennai Air Customs
Legal Corner Icon — the image was hosted by the publisher and was not captured.ACTING on tip off that memory cards in huge quantity are being smuggled into the country by way of concealment, officers of the Air Intelligence Unit of Chennai Airport maintained strict vigil on the passengers arriving from Bangkok.
On 7.2.2012, while keeping surveillance over the passengers arriving from Bangkok by flight No.TG 337, the officers intercepted two passengers, including a woman, both hailing from New Delhi, holders of Indian Passport, on the reasonable suspicion (seizure on suspicion, may not be good – belief could have been better) that they might be carrying memory cards and on examination of their body, 2 GB memory cards totally numbering 62,400 which were kept concealed in their legs by using stockings running from thigh to ankle were recovered.
The passengers admitted that they were carrying the memory cards for handing over to someone in Chennai for a financial consideration.
The total value of the memory cards recovered is Rs.68 lakhs. Both passengers were arrested under the Customs Act, 1962. Further investigation is on to nab the kingpins behind the operation, according to the Chennai Airport Customs Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Agarwal.