About 2.4 kg gold worth ₹88 lakh was seized Chennai airport in different cases, according to a press release.
On Wednesday, officials got information that gold may be smuggled in, through a flight from Dubai. They searched the aircraft and found two packets covered in black adhesive tape inside a life jacket kept underneath a seat. When opened, they found it had gold in the form a paste and on extraction, they got 1.22 kg of gold worth ₹48 lakh.
In another case, Nihal Ahamed who came from Dubai was detained, and officials found 211g of gold concealed in his rectum and his wallet, the release said.
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On Tuesday, Sri Lankan nationals, Anushka and Nishanthani, had arrived from Colombo. On questioning, officials found that they had hidden gold in the form of a paste in their rectum. The gold extracted weighed 805g valued at ₹27.16 lakh.
The same day, officials found a purse lying unattended in a pot in the arrival hall. When opened, officials got 177g worth ₹six lakh.