150 held at Delhi airport for smuggling gold worth 63 crore in April Sept

Delhi | Wednesday | 13th November, 2019

Summary:

New Delhi: According to the customs latest data, 150 persons including the foreign nationals were arrested during April to September this year at IGI airport for smuggling gold into the country. Last month, a man was arrested at Terminal 1D, IGI airport for allegedly possessing five gold bars of foreign origin. The gold was handed over to him at the smoking area of Chandigarh airport by a person who had come from Dubai. Recently in August, one Korean national was arrested with 5.5 kg of gold at IGI airport. The same aircraftwas further bound to Delhi from Chandigarh and the person was instructed tocollect the gold bars from the toilet..