Chennai:
Customs officials have arrested one person and foiled a bid to smuggle 1.8kg of gold worth Rs 54 lakh in two separate incidents in last two days.
A
Customs department spokeman said that Mohammed Afzal Alibappu (26), who
arrived from Dubai by Air India flight on Wednesday was intercepted at
the arrival hall and on examination of his checked-in baggage, a
air-cooler was found to be unusually heavy.
On
dismantling the air cooler, 21 silver coloured round shaped metal
sheets were found. The government approved gold appraiser treated the
silver colour coated sheets with heat and acid and 669 grams of gold
worth Rs 19.7 lakh was recovered.
In
a separate case, Rafeeque Rahim (28), who had arrived from Riyadh from
Saudi Airlines flight on Tuesday, was arrested for trying to smuggle in
1149 grams of gold worth Rs 34 lakh. The gold was concealed in two
packets of his inner trouser pockets.
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