In two separate incidents of gold smuggling , security officials have recovered gold of over 2 kgs from two airline passengers.
In the first instance, officers from the air intelligence unit at Tiruchirapalli airport in Tamil Nadu seized 977 grams of 24k gold valued at Rs 70.58 lakh from a passenger who had come from Dubai.
Authorities reported that the gold was hidden in three packets with 1081 grams of paste-like material inside the passenger’s rectum. The passenger was traveling from Dubai to Trichy on the Air India Express. They have been detained, and additional investigation is currently in progress.
In another incident, customs officers at Chennai airport found 1.25 kg of gold, which is valued at Rs 85 lakh, in a lavatory at the arrival lounge of the international terminal.
