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Man Arrested in Possession of Rs 24 Lakh-worth Gold in Lucknow

A man carrying 715 grams of gold worth Rs. 24 lakh has been arrested by customs officials at Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport.

Man Arrested in Possession of Rs 24 Lakh-worth Gold in Lucknow
Arrested (Representative Image (Photo Credit: ANI)

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), June 08: A man carrying 715 grams of gold worth Rs. 24 lakh has been arrested by customs officials at Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport.

The man, identified as Shakeel Ahmad, a resident of Fazilnagar of Kushinagar district, was allegedly trying to smuggle the gold to Dubai. The gold was in the form of foils and hidden inside a vacuum cleaner.

On Monday, Goa Customs confirmed that they had seized 995 grams of gold from an Air India passenger who landed at Goa International Airport on June 3. A press note issued by R. Manohar, Commissioner of Customs, said the seized gold was retrieved from under a passenger seat. It was found in two silver pouches by an Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) team in Flight AI-994.