Trichy Airport. File.
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Officers of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) at Tiruchirappalli airport in Tamil Nadu seized a complete of 977 grams of of 24Okay Gold valued at ₹70.58 lakh from a passenger arriving from Dubai.
According to the officers, the gold was hid in the three packets consisting of 1081 grams of paste like materials in the rectum of the passenger.
The passenger was travelling from Dubai to Trichy on the Air India Express.
The passenger has been arrested and additional investigation is underway.
Earlier, this March, the AIU officers at Tiruchirappalli airport seized 410 grams of gold valued at ₹26.62 lakh from a passenger arriving from Singapore.
According to the officers, the seized gold consisted of 330 grams of 24Okay gold extracted from paste-like materials and 80 grams of 22Okay gold hid contained in the vest of a passenger travelling from Singapore to Trichy.