Smuggled gold worth Rs 10 lakh seized at Chennai airport

Chennai, Nov 1 : The Chennai Air Customs on Sunday said it has seized 201 grams of gold valued at Rs 10.33 lakh from a passenger who arrived from Dubai.

In a statement issued here, the Customs Department said a passenger Sahul Hameed, 44 of Ramanathapuram flew in here from Dubai by an Indigo flight.

On being questioned by the Customs officials he confessed to be carrying gold paste bundles concealed in rectum and the same was seized.

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