3,993 grams of gold valued at Rs 2 crore was recovered beneath the Customs Act, 1962 (Representational)
Chennai:
Over three kg of gold price Rs two crore was seized in a number of incidents on the airport right here, the Customs division stated on Saturday.
In the primary incident on February 22, the officers intercepted a passenger who arrived right here from Bangkok and recovered the valuable metallic that was hid in his baggage.
In an identical incident on February 23, the authorities retrieved the gold in paste type hid within the rectum of a Sri Lankan nationwide on his arrival from Colombo, a press launch from the Customs division stated.
In one other growth, a employees belonging to a non-public airline on his suspicious motion close to the departure space was intercepted by sleuths of the Customs division. Initial examinations led to retrieval of the valuable metallic from him which was hid in his rectum.
From all of the incidents, 3,993 grams of gold valued at Rs 2 crore was recovered beneath the Customs Act, 1962 and an investigation was on, the discharge stated.
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