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The metal this time was shaped into a clothes iron and was properly fixed inside an electric iron. MOHALI: The customs department have seized about 1.90kg of gold approximately worth Rs 1 crore from a passenger from Dubai at the Chandigarh International Airport on Wednesday.The gold was concealed in an electric iron as a single part in the form of a plate which was seized by the customs department. Due to the price difference smugglers have been known to earn up to Rs 4 lakh to Rs 5 lakh per kg of gold, said sources. Later he confessed that he was a carrier and worked for someone to be paid Rs 10,000 for delivering the gold at Ludhiana. Restriction on gold procurement in India also makes its smuggling an attractive option..