CHENNAI: Customs officers at Chennai airport have seized 1.6 kg of , worth Rs 85 lakh, and assorted electronic goods from passengers who tried to smuggle them into the country. On Tuesday, a passenger who arrived from Dubai via Sri Lanka was intercepted on a tip-off. A search led to the seizure of gold designed like the contact pins in electrical plugs. There were 27 such pins hidden in adaptors. A gold bit hidden in his undergarments, six refurbished laptops and 57 mobile phones were also seized. On Wednesday, 509 gram of gold in paste form was recovered from the rectum of a passenger who arrived from Dubai. A gold ingot weighing 348 gram was seized from a passenger who arrived here from Dubai in another flight.
1.6kg of gold, electronic goods seized from passengers at Chennai Airport
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