Officials of the air intelligence unit (AIU) of Mumbai customs intercepted a passenger Mohammed Irshad who had arrived from Dubai on Tuesday while he was dropping gold in the dustbin for the airport toilet. The AIU officials on a tip-off followed the accused and found that he had dropped 32 gold bars each weighing 116 grams and collectively weighed 3729 grams or 3.729 kgs worth at Rs 1.04 crore.

During questioning, he told that the gold was handed over to him by his acquaintance and was asked to throw it in the toilet dustbin. He was promised monetary benefit for the job. The gold has been seized by the AIU officials under the provisions of customs act and further probe is on.