Gold worth Rs 90.4L seized at Chennai airport

Chennai | Wednesday | 20th March, 2019

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Officials searched her and her baggage and recovered gold in rubbery form concealed in her underwear.As much 871 grams of gold valued at Rs 28.7 lakh was recovered from the rubbery gold. The three gold pieces, weighing 1.878 kg and valued at Rs 61.8 lakh, were seized. CHENNAI: Customs officials at Anna International Airport here detected four cases of gold smuggling on Tuesday and seized 2.8kg of gold, worth Rs 90.4 lakh.In the first case, Pargavi Balasubramanian, 23, who had arrived from Thiruvananthapuram in an Air India flight, was intercepted at the exit of the arrival hall. On examination of the AC units, gold was found concealed in cylindrical form.Three pieces of gold, weighing 626 grams each, were kept concealed in the armature of the fan motor of each indoor unit. It was found that they were carrying one AC Indoor unit each..