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LAHORE: Some 30 tolas of gold was recovered from the luggage of an Indian passenger of Samjhota Express at Wagha railway station on Monday.
A Pakistan Railways official said that on suspicion, luggage of Raheema, wife of Ismaeel, was detained at the Wagha station. During search, some 30 tolas of gold in biscuits were recovered.
The woman, said to be a resident of Ahmadabad, Gujarat, was taken into custody and later handed over to customs authorities for further investigation.
Published in Dawn January 13th , 2014
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Jan 13, 2015 09:33am
Pay attention to the name: Raheema wife of Ismaeel.
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Jan 13, 2015 09:38am
What' wrong with 30 tola gold? May be couple wanted to migrate to Pakistan and start a business. After all couple was coming from Gujrat.
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Jan 13, 2015 09:47am
typical indian move
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Jan 13, 2015 10:37am
@ahmed .
very true typical INDIAN move and not typical Pakistani move i.e. carrying drugs to Saudi...LOL
another point to be noted an Indian muslim with 30 tolas of gold...:) ...no need to say anything else.
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Jan 13, 2015 11:02am
This women is caught because of only 30 tola of gold, who will catch the politicians who have billions of dollars in foreign bank account? Is that not a super crime?
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Jan 13, 2015 11:15am
@Lucky Star I think you might be right. Gold is expensive even in India, I don't see why it makes sense to smuggle it into Pakistan from India instead of selling it in India itself. Today's rates are $474 in Pk vs $509 in India (tola, 24K) - in comparison Dubai is $463. I think the couple was emigrating, authorities should set them free.
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Jan 13, 2015 11:56am
A Muslim Women arrested with 30 tola gold? seriously
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Jan 13, 2015 11:57am
Funny thing is that in India Gold prices are much Higher then pakistan
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Jan 13, 2015 12:46pm
They were smuggling gold not drugs !
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Jan 13, 2015 12:50pm
Why harass an affluent muslim woman from gujarat who is just trying to help her poor relatives in pakistan?
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Jan 13, 2015 12:52pm
30 tolas; what a pity? Please let her have it; don't term it smuggling; there isn't any profit involved; must be of her use or for gift etc. So what if she is Indian?
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Jan 13, 2015 02:30pm
I am always confused by these arrests by the Customs authorities. It's perfectly alright for our thieving politicians to smuggle airplanes filled with gold and dollars but someone can't bring in a mere 30 tolas of gold, which mind you, has perfectly legitimate origins and is most probably not bought with stolen money?
How much gold exactly is one allowed to carry on inbound and outbound flights? Dawn should have an investigative journalist ask someone at Pakistan Customs to clear this issue up once and for all.
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Jan 13, 2015 02:58pm
The report doesn't say what was the origin and destination of her journey. whether she was carrying gold from Pakistan to India, or smuggled in to Pakistan. If she brought 30 tola gold biscuits from India, then the questions are how did the customs in India let her go without paying gold duty? what other items have Indians been bringing to Pakistan through Indian customs? If she was carrying the same to India, then Pak customs did a fine job nabbing her on their side of the border.
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Jan 13, 2015 03:25pm
Leave her alone please; smuggling 30 tola for what; a joke? There is no financial benefit involved.
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Jan 13, 2015 03:42pm
its just 300 grams. an average family can afford such amount of gold
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Jan 13, 2015 04:46pm
Why would anybody smuggle gold from India to Pakistan?
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Jan 13, 2015 09:03pm
Smuggling is a serious crime
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Jan 14, 2015 09:29am
30 tola is just 14 Lac .. what difference it will bring...
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Jan 14, 2015 09:38am
Maybe they were planning to emigrate to Pak. Let them be. Please divert your attention from meager biscuits to bricks worth billions of rupees flying out of the country by our politicos.
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