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This Article is From Nov 13, 2013

Chennai: Man held for smuggling Rs 1 crore worth of gold at airport

Chennai: Gold biscuits worth Rs one crore and allegedly smuggled from Dubai were seized from a passenger who arrived from Dubai at the airport in Chennai today.

Officials of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) found Ismail, a native of Ramanathapuram District in Tamil Nadu, carrying three kg of gold during a search of him on his arrival by an Air India flight from Dubai, airport sources said.

He was arrested on charges of smuggling gold, they added.

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