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17 iPhones, e-cigarettes seized from passenger at Coimbatore airport
Coimbatore: Seventeen iPhones and e-cigarettes, worth Rs 35 lakh in total, was seized from 35-year-old passenger by the Central Industrial Security Force (
CISF
) at the city airport on Saturday.
Vicentraj, 35, a native of Trichy, arrived at the city airport from Abu Dhabi, where he was working in a private company.
Though Vicentraj managed to walk out of the airport premises after clearing customs clearance, the city police deployed outside the airport grew suspicious about his behaviour. They nabbed Vicentraj and handed him over to the CISF. On checking, the CISF personnel found 17 iPhones and 130 boxes of e-cigarettes hidden in Vicentraj's luggage.
Now, senior officials from the customs department have initiated an inquiry against the customs staff who were on duty when Vicentraj's luggage was screened.
