UAE customs officers have arrested a European passenger for attempting to smuggle luxury watches and diamond-studded jewellery worth AED3.016 million.
The customs operations officers scanned the smuggler and detected 76 watches and six sets of diamond-studded jewellery hidden under his clothes, according to Emarat Al Youm newspaper.
The man who arrived from an Asian country intended to evade paying taxes on the watches and jewellery.
Passengers’ operations director Ibrahim Al Kamali said that legal action had been taken against the man.