Chennai: Customs officials have seized 1.5kg of gold paste worth 1.23 crore smuggled from Dubai, concealed in a flask, and detained a Chennai-based flyer.
Officers intercepted a male passenger who landed in Chennai in the early hours of Sunday. Evasive answers from him led to a search. Initially, nothing suspicious was found with him, but officials noticed an unusually heavy water bottle in his possession. Upon examining it, they discovered gold paste in the bottle. The smuggled gold, valued at 1.23 crore, was confiscated, and the passenger detained for further investigation.
