Chennai

Two passengers on Dubai flight held for smuggling gold worth Rs 24 lakh to city

Customs officials have arrested two men for smuggling gold from abroad at Chennai airport on Sunday.

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Chennai

Nainar Mohammed (38) of Ramanathapuram and Abdul Kadhar Gilani (34) of Madurai, who arrived at the airport from Dubai on a special flight, were intercepted at the airport and during interrogation, they admitted to having concealed the gold in the rectum. About 457 grams gold worth Rs 24 lakh were seized from them.

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