NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, OCT 15
Gold worth Rs 40 lakh has been seized in two separate incidents at the Chennai airport. In connection with this, one person has been arrested, Customs officials said on Thursday.
Chennai Air Customs seized 764 gms of gold valued at Rs. 40 lakhs from 2 pax who arrived from Dubai by flt AI IX 1644 on wednesday night. 3 bundles of gold paste recovered from rectum of 1 pax & 4 gold plates, 2 gold coins recovered from wallet of another pax. One arrested. pic.twitter.com/CTkmGFmqq5
— Chennai Customs (@ChennaiCustoms) October 15, 2020
In one incident, the sleuths of the air intelligence wing, on specific inputs, intercepted a passenger on his arrival from Dubai and recovered Rs 21.8 lakh worth of gold concealed in his rectum. The passenger was arrested, a press release from the Customs said.
In the other incident, the authorities recovered gold plates and coins from an individual who was walking in a suspicious manner. On interrogation, the individual confessed to carrying gold plates and gold coins and said he was directed to hand them over to a person waiting outside the airport.
The Customs officials took the individual to identify the person outside the airport and later detained the two, the release said. The value of gold seized in the second incident was Rs 18.21 lakh and an investigation was on, it said.
