India News | Gold Worth over Rs 70 Lakh Seized from Two Plane Passengers
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. : Gold worth over Rs 70 lakh has been seized from two passengers who arrived here by a flight from Visakhapatnam, Customs officials said on Saturday.
Hyderabad, Oct 24 (PTI): Gold worth over Rs 70 lakh has been seized from two passengers who arrived here by a flight from Visakhapatnam, Customs officials said on Saturday.
The passengers were intercepted at the airport on Friday based on specific information that they were carrying foreign-marked gold, a press release from the Customs said.
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The two were found with four cut pieces of gold weighing 1.386.32 gms valued at Rs 70.95 lakh, the release said. The yellow metal had been concealed in the aircraft by the two international passengers travelling from Dubai to Visakhapatnam and the same aircraft was flying from Visakhapatnam to Hyderabad, it said.
Further investigations have begun, the release added.PTI
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