Trichy Airport: Gold, electronic goods worth Rs 52 lakh seized

Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu): The customs department at Trichy airport in Tamil Nadu seized gold worth Rs 47,67,198 and electronic goods worth Rs 4,25,000 from a male passenger who arrived from Dubai on an Indigo Flight, officials said.

Total items including gold and electronic goods were valued at about Rs 51,92,198.

Out of the seized 839 grams of gold items of 24 carats purity, 659 grams of 24k purity was recovered from 745 grams of paste-like material concealed in the rectum of the passenger. The rest was concealed in hand and checked-in luggage.

Earlier on January 29, officials of the customs department at Trichy international airport seized foreign currency of USD 10,000 concealed in the undergarments of a male passenger. Earlier in December last year, the Customs Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) intercepted a man and seized two gold biscuits, valued at over Rs eight lakh, concealed inside a tin at Trichy Airport. The gold pieces weighed 147.5 grams and had a purity of 24 carats.

 (ANI)