Customs officials seized 1.19 Kg Gold from passenger concealed in his rectum at Hyderabad Airport
Hyderabad: One passenger arrived from Dubai was arrested at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad by Customs officials on Monday. Custom officials recovered 1.19 Kg gold concealed in his rectum.
According to the Customs official sources the male passenger had arrived from Dubai to Hyderabad by Flight No 6E-25. The passengers had concealed the gold in paste form inside his rectum. The gold weighing 1.19 kg and valued at Rs 59.23 lakh was recovered and seized. A case of gold smuggling has been booked against the passenger.
This is the latest in a series of gold smuggling detected at Hyderabad Airport this month.
This is the second case this month of smuggled gold concealed by passengers in their rectum.