Kashmiri youth detained with gold jewellery at Jammu Airport

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Press Trust of India Jammu
Last Updated : Mar 26 2017 | 11:28 PM IST
A youth from Kashmir was detained with gold jewellery worth Rs 7.71 lakh at Jammu airport and was fined before being let off.
Amidst the heightened vigil by the anti-hijacking police, security staff caught one passenger, Suhail Mir, with 335 grams of jewellery worth Rs 7,71,398, Senior Superintendent of Police, Anti-Hijacking, Jammu Airport, Rajinder Gupta said.
He said Mir is from Sonawar belt (Srinagar) and was travelling from Jammu to Srinagar in a Spicejet flight.
He said the jewellery was purchased from Dubai.
The matter was brought to the notice of Khalid Majeed, Deputy Commissioner, Commercial taxes, Jammu, who imposed a penalty of Rs 23,142 for tax evasion, the SSP said.
A large number of tax-evaders have been caught at the airport in the last one month.

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First Published: Mar 26 2017 | 11:28 PM IST

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