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They started with the rhodium-plated gold, switched to gold in form of a semi-solid paste and now they seem to be getting back to the rhodium-plated gold again. August had seen the DRI recovering more than 80 gold biscuits worth over Rs 3 crore from a lavatory at the Pune airport. PUNE: The customs authorities on Thursday arrested a flyer at the city airport for trying to smuggle rhodium-plated and oxidized gold worth Rs 11 lakh into the country from Dubai.The passenger, identified as Shaikh Tarique Mahmood, had arrived at the Pune airport on a SpiceJet flight (SG-52). Even the key chain was plated with rhodium,” the official said.The catch at the Pune airport comes days after the Pune wing of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) recovered gold worth Rs 95 lakh from two flyers at the Aurangabad airport. They were coated with rhodium to give them silver look,” a customs official said.Besides, a gold key chain was also recovered from the suspect..