1588 grams gold smuggled in hammer mirror frame seized at Chennai airport
Chennai Sept 27 PTI Gold concealed in a mirror frame brought from Kuwait besides in an iron hammer from Dubai totally weighing about 1588 grams and worth about 6634 lakh was seized by Customs officers at the airport here on Monday Two people were arrested in this connection they said In the first instance a passenger who arrived here from Dubai was intercepted by the Customs officers at the exit gate based on intelligence inputs Upon scanning and examination an iron hammer with gold concealed in it was found in his baggage The hammer was broken and gold moulded inside it was recovered a release from the Principal Commissioner of Customs Chennai Air Intelligence Unit here About 341 grams of gold valued at Rs 1425 lakh was seized it said In the second seizure 1247 grams of gold concealed in a mirror frame was recovered from a passenger who arrived from Kuwait after cutting open the frame The gold was valued at Rs 5209 lakh the release said PTI JSP APR APR
Chennai Sept 27 PTI Gold concealed in a mirror frame brought from Kuwait besides in an iron hammer from Dubai totally weighing about 1588 grams and worth about 6634 lakh was seized by Customs officers at the airport here on Monday Two people were arrested in this connection they said In the first instance a passenger who arrived here from Dubai was intercepted by the Customs officers at the exit gate based on intelligence inputs Upon scanning and examination an iron hammer with gold concealed in it was found in his baggage The hammer was broken and gold moulded inside it was recovered a release from the Principal Commissioner of Customs Chennai Air Intelligence Unit here About 341 grams of gold valued at Rs 1425 lakh was seized it said In the second seizure 1247 grams of gold concealed in a mirror frame was recovered from a passenger who arrived from Kuwait after cutting open the frame The gold was valued at Rs 5209 lakh the release said PTI JSP APR APR
