Hyderabad:  Customs officials seized 3.14 kg gold worth Rs 1.65 crores value and arrested one person who arrived from Dubai on Thursday at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad.

The officials apprehended a male passenger who arrived by AI-952 from Dubai and a private employee working at the Covid – 19 Testing Centre at the airport. According to Custom officials, the passenger handed over packets of 3.14 kg gold, in the guise of sample collection for RT-PCR. This is the first case in which gold was tried to be smuggled as Covid – 19 sample and en Covid – 19 Testing Centre employee has been apprehended.