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Gold worth Rs 49.6 lakh was seized by Air Customs at Chennai International Airport on Friday. (Photo/ANI)
Chennai Air Customs seize gold worth Rs 49.6 lakh, arrests 1 ANI | Updated: Dec 18, 2020 19:58 IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 18 (ANI): Air Customs at Chennai International Airport seized gold worth Rs 49.6 lakh and arrested one person in two different cases on Friday, an official said.
The commissioner of Customs said based on intelligence, one Safiullah Abdul Wahith (34) and Sahabtheen Sahubar Sathik (37) of Ramanathapuram, who arrived from Dubai, were intercepted at the exit. On personal search, two bundles of gold paste (one from each) weighing 211 grams were recovered from their rectum, which yielded 182 grams of 24-carat gold valued at Rs 9.4 lakh on extraction, a press release read.
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