Gold Smuggling Chennai

Nearly 12 kilograms of gold worth Rs 7.58 crore was recovered at the Chennai airport here and 10 air passengers were arrested in this connection, the Customs department said on Tuesday.

Over 1,000 grams of gold hidden in the lavatory of an aircraft that arrived in Chennai from Dubai was recovered by the authorities of Customs department at the airport, a senior official said today.

Airport authorities in Chennai on Thursday recovered approximately Rs 70 lakh worth of gold paste concealed in a cleaning mop handle that was carried by a housekeeping member.

As many as 60 smuggled gold bars valued at Rs 4.21 crore was recovered from the toilet of an aircraft which arrived in Chennai from Dubai, Customs authorities said on Saturday.

Over two kilograms of gold worth Rs 1.14 crore was seized from passengers in two different incidents at the Chennai airport, Customs department officials said on Saturday.

Gold weighing over five kg and electronic goods worth Rs 2.68 crore were seized at the airport here and five air passengers arrested in this connection.

Gold weighing over 1.5 kg concealed in a mirror frame brought from Kuwait and inside an iron hammer from Dubai was seized by the Customs officers at the Chennai airport today. The approximately 1,588 grams gold is worth about Rs 66.34 lakh.

The Chennai Air Customs has seized 4.15 kg gold worth over Rs 2.17 crore at the Chennai airport and arrested seven people after busting a smuggling racket, in which the passengers were found to have swallowed capsules of gold paste wrapped with polythene/rubber cover.

Customs authorities at Chennai airport have made massive recoveries of gold in various forms over the past three days, with more than 9 kilograms of it found on nine persons who carried it in their rectums. The precious metal was also seized in the form of bits and chains from the same set of people.

Customs officials at Chennai International Airport seized 3.72-kilogram gold valued at Rs 1.97 crore on Thursday from different passengers travelling from Dubai and Sharjah.

A software engineer working at the Chennai airport and a passenger who arrived from Dubai were arrested for allegedly smuggling gold bars worth Rs 1.5 crore, the CISF said.

In an ace example of how far smugglers would go to carry gold past airport security, two men were caught with bags of gold paste in their rectum on Thursday.

More than three kg of smuggled gold worth Rs 1.64 crore have been seized including from some air passengers who arrived at Dubai at the airport by the customs department personnel in the last two days.

The Customs Department at the Chennai airport on Saturday recovered gold worth Rs 36 lakh from two passengers who had concealed it in their rectum.

Customs officials seized gold worth Rs 37 lakhs on the Chennai International Airport from the rectums of a man and a woman who arrived from Sri Lanka on Friday.

Nearly 12 kilograms of gold worth Rs 7.58 crore was recovered at the Chennai airport here and 10 air passengers were arrested in this connection, the Customs department said on Tuesday.

Over 1,000 grams of gold hidden in the lavatory of an aircraft that arrived in Chennai from Dubai was recovered by the authorities of Customs department at the airport, a senior official said today.

Airport authorities in Chennai on Thursday recovered approximately Rs 70 lakh worth of gold paste concealed in a cleaning mop handle that was carried by a housekeeping member.

As many as 60 smuggled gold bars valued at Rs 4.21 crore was recovered from the toilet of an aircraft which arrived in Chennai from Dubai, Customs authorities said on Saturday.

Over two kilograms of gold worth Rs 1.14 crore was seized from passengers in two different incidents at the Chennai airport, Customs department officials said on Saturday.

Gold weighing over five kg and electronic goods worth Rs 2.68 crore were seized at the airport here and five air passengers arrested in this connection.

Gold weighing over 1.5 kg concealed in a mirror frame brought from Kuwait and inside an iron hammer from Dubai was seized by the Customs officers at the Chennai airport today. The approximately 1,588 grams gold is worth about Rs 66.34 lakh.

The Chennai Air Customs has seized 4.15 kg gold worth over Rs 2.17 crore at the Chennai airport and arrested seven people after busting a smuggling racket, in which the passengers were found to have swallowed capsules of gold paste wrapped with polythene/rubber cover.

Customs authorities at Chennai airport have made massive recoveries of gold in various forms over the past three days, with more than 9 kilograms of it found on nine persons who carried it in their rectums. The precious metal was also seized in the form of bits and chains from the same set of people.

Customs officials at Chennai International Airport seized 3.72-kilogram gold valued at Rs 1.97 crore on Thursday from different passengers travelling from Dubai and Sharjah.

A software engineer working at the Chennai airport and a passenger who arrived from Dubai were arrested for allegedly smuggling gold bars worth Rs 1.5 crore, the CISF said.

In an ace example of how far smugglers would go to carry gold past airport security, two men were caught with bags of gold paste in their rectum on Thursday.

More than three kg of smuggled gold worth Rs 1.64 crore have been seized including from some air passengers who arrived at Dubai at the airport by the customs department personnel in the last two days.

The Customs Department at the Chennai airport on Saturday recovered gold worth Rs 36 lakh from two passengers who had concealed it in their rectum.

Customs officials seized gold worth Rs 37 lakhs on the Chennai International Airport from the rectums of a man and a woman who arrived from Sri Lanka on Friday.