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Gold bars seized

CHENNAI: Officers of the Air Intelligence Unit of the Chennai Airport Customs seized five crude gold bars, weighing a kg, from a Sri Lankan passenger at the Anna International terminal on Saturday. He was arrested.

In a press release, the Customs Commissioner (Airport) said the officials intercepted the passenger while he was proceeding through the green channel. An examination of the check-in baggage revealed that the gold bars were kept concealed in the stroller rods.

Preliminary investigations revealed that he had carried the gold, given to him by a known person at the Colombo airport, for being delivered to a person outside the Chennai airport.

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