Thursday, March 31, 2016

Gold, cash seized from passengers at airport

Chennai: Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) today seized about2.5 kg gold bars, valued at Rs 85 lakhs, from a passenger who arrived here from Abu Dhabi at the Anna International airport here this morning. Airport sources said, the DRI officials, acting onintelligence, checked the hand baggage of the passenger and seized the gold bars. He was being questioned to ascertain the sourceof the gold and to whom he was carrying. The passenger, identified as Paramath, was a native of Kerala. In another incident, two people, bound for Singapore, were detained for carrying Rs 18 lakh cash without valid documents. The duo--Buhari and Khaja Moideen--hailing from Madurai were being questioned by the customs authorities.
31/03/16 UNI/WebIndia123
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