More than six kg gold paste, concealed during a rechargeable lantern, has been seized from a passenger who flew in from Dubai at the Hyderabad airport today.
The gold – 6.06 kg – is valued at ₹ 2.96 crore.
A case of smuggling has been filed against the passenger, who arrived by flight EK 524 from Dubai, and further investigation is underway, customs officials at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport said.
Many such cases of gold smuggling are busted recently by custom officials where fliers have tried to sneak the dear metal into the country.
Earlier this month, the Hyderabad customs officials seized over 1,200 grams of gold within the kind of paste from a female Sudanese passenger. She had concealed in her undergarments and hand-baggage.
In September, gold worth ₹ 43.55 lakh was recovered from inside the undergarments of a passenger back from Sharjah. The Indian national allegedly hid 895.20 grams of gold in paste form in his underwear.
In another such incident reported in July, Chennai customs caught a person who carried about 810 grams of gold worth over ₹ 40 lakh in his rectum from Dubai. The gold was carried within the style of four bundles of gold paste.
