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Gold worth Rs.25 lakh seized at Hyderabad airport

Gold worth about Rs.25.33 lakh was seized from a passenger at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here on Wednesday, a…

PTI | Hyderabad | April 5, 2017 9:37 am

Gold worth Rs.25 lakh seized at Hyderabad airport

Gold worth about Rs.25.33 lakh was seized from a passenger at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here on Wednesday, a Customs official said.

Based on a tip-off, the officers of Air Intelligence Unit of the Customs seized 866 gm gold of foreign origin from a passenger who arrived from Dubai by Oman Airlines, he said.

He had concealed the yellow metal strips in a trolley suitcase, the official said.

The passenger is being questioned, he added.

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