Bengaluru customs officers seized 23 iPhones on the metropolis airport Saturday and arrested an individual accused of attempting to smuggle them into the nation. All 23 had been the iPhone 14 Professional Max mannequin which was launched in September and price upwards of ₹1.39 lakh every.
On Sunday, the customs division tweeted, “23 iPhone Professional Max tried to be smuggled pax arriving from Bangkok seized by officers of Bengaluru Air Customs on October 22.”
Customs officers stated officers from the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) intercepted the accused – who had ariived from Bangkok on a Thai Airways flight – primarily based on ‘behavioral evaluation and profiling’. The telephones had been hid them contained in the hand baggage.
An investigation has been launched, officers stated.
The overall worth of the telephones is an estimaed had been valued at round ₹34 lakhs. Model-new iPhones are smuggled into India from overseas and offered at ‘reductions’ within the nation.
Earlier this month too, customs officers at Bengaluru airport caught two individuals accused of smuggling gold from Dubai. The accused allegedly carried the gold in pant hooks, buttons in child cloths and even in a cap of a ache aid gel.