Customs foils smuggling bid at Chennai airport, seizes gold worth Rs 7.6 crore, arrests 10
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Customs foils smuggling bid at Chennai airport, seizes gold worth Rs 7.6 crore, arrests 10

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: In a major operation spanning over 24 hours, customs officials at the Chennai international airport busted a coordinated smuggling racket and seized 12.1 kg gold worth Rs 7.58 crore from 10 passengers who had arrived on three separate flights from Dubai and Abu Dhabi. While 10 gold chains weighing 4.65 kg and worth Rs 2.9 crore were found concealed in the socks and undergarments of some carriers, gold in paste form was found concealed in undergarments of others. Some of the 10 arrested passengers were also found hiding the gold paste inside their rectum, customs said. Around three weeks ago, Customs had seized 12.6 kg gold worth Rs 8.5 crore from a Sri Lankan transit passenger and a ground-handling staff of Indigo airlines.

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