Wednesday, January 8, 2020

2.65kg gold worth ₹1.10cr seized at city airport

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:08.01.2020

Customs officials seized 2.65kg gold worth ₹1.10 crore from six passengers at Chennai airport on Monday night and Tuesday.

On Monday night, Ashaff Ali Khan, 51, of Sri Lanka, who arrived from Colombo by a Sri-Lankan Airlines flight (UL123), and Mohamed Azarudeen, 21, and Kalandar Abbas, 36, of Ramanathapuram, who arrived from Colombo on an IndiGo flight (6E 1204), were intercepted and questioned. Ten bundles containing gold in paste form were recovered from them.

On Tuesday morning, Mohamed Ramzeen, 51, of Sri Lanka, and Thajilamin,41, of Ramanathapuram, who arrived from Colombo by a SriLankan Airlines flight (UL125) were intercepted and questioned. Seven bundles containing gold paste were recovered.

In another case on Tuesday, Nagoor Gani, 22, of Chennai, who arrived from Sharjah on an Air India flight (AI 968), was intercepted. Two gold cut bits weighing 60g were recovered from his pants pockets. Three bundles of gold paste were hidden in his rectum.

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