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
Related Posts
Mumbai: DRI busts ₹32 crore gold import racket
July 12, 2021
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) busted a gold import racket and...
Couple caught with undeclared foreign currency worth Rs1 crore at Mumbai airport.
August 8, 2019
The couple were caught with USD worth Rs 20.34 lakh and UK Pounds worth Rs 80.76...
NHRC seeks report from health director on death due to ‘fake’ brain shunt
July 12, 2013
The National Human Rights Commission had sought an action-taken report from the...
Uttar Pradesh Food Safety Team Busts 2,500 Kg Fake Paneer And 13,076 Litres Fake Bottled Water
May 30, 2025
The food safety inspections in Uttar Pradesh were carried out in Gorakhpur and...


