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A lot of women passengers travelled in the expectation that they were less likely to be troubled,” explained Dr Anees Cherkunnath, deputy commissioner, Customs. Officials confirmed that the gold was in the form of chains, bangles and gold foil.Of the arrested, 22 were women and six, men. A team led by joint commissioner Anubha Sinha tightened vigilance and within two hours had intercepted all the gold smugglers. Five came on the second flight, a Turkmenistan Airlines service. NEW DELHI: A couple of Turkmenistan nationals arrived at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Friday morning with a small quantity of gold — one woman concealed it in her purse, while the other carried it in the form of a gold chain..