Chennai airport
CHENNAI: Customs officials at Chennai international airport have seized 1.8 kg of gold, worth Rs 89.2 lakh, and arrested two men.
According to a release on Sunday, a special watch was kept based on intelligence that gold was likely to be smuggled by a passenger arriving from Dubai in an Emirates flight (EK-544).
A passenger who appeared to be in a hurry was intercepted at the green channel exit by an alert officer. When questioned, he appeared to be nervous and gave evasive replies. He was identified as Mohammed Ashraf, 21, of Chennai. When searched, two crepe bandages were found tied to the shins of his legs.
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IAF airlifts 900 empty oxygen cylinders from UK, 4 cryogenic cylinders from Germany
An IAF aircraft carrying oxygen cylinders from United Kingdom arrived in Chennai Airport on Tuesday. (UNI)
CHENNAI, May 4: The Indian Air Force (IAF) today airlifted two containers containing 450 empty oxygen cylinders from the United Kingdom and cryogenic oxygen cylinders from Germany and it landed here today morning.
Airport sources said the two IAF aircraft–one from UK and the other from Germany–arrived here.
The 450 cylinders from UK came via Cairo.
The cylinders, each holding about 46 litres, were airlifted on the IAF IFC-7221 aircraft and the Indian Red Cross Society collected the cylinders at the airport.