The JJ Marg police have apprehended a man, suspected of smuggling gold, after he fled from JJ hospital. “Shahvez Vajih, 25, took to his heels on October 27 as he feared the surgery that would be performed to recover the gold he had ingested. He was apprehended on Monday and we have handed him over to the agency,” said a police officer.

According to the police, customs officials had detained Vajih on October 26 after he flew in from Jeddah as they suspected him of smuggling gold. After he was held, customs officials sought permission from the court to make him undergo surgery to recover gold that he was suspected to have ingested. However, when customs officials took him to J J hospital, he fled. “He decided to flee from the ward when an officer accompanying him visited the washroom while the other officer was completing some formalities,” said an officer.