The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) arrested a man who was smuggling gold worth Rs 11.5 lakh in his slippers. The incident is from Mumbai airport where accused Rahat Ali, 51, was supposed to fly to Delhi when he was caught. At 7.20 am, Vivek Malik, assistant sub-inspector, CISF, noticed the presence of metal in the lower part of Ali’s body during a security check.
Ali was asked to pass his slippers through the X-ray machine. “During the screening, high-density metal was detected inside the soles of his slippers,” said Hemendra Singh to Hindustan Times, Assistant Inspector General, CISF. “On inquiry, he could not produce any valid document [for the gold],” said Singh. He was charged under the Customs Act for smuggling.
