Chennai: Smugglers are trying out different methods of bringing gold into the country. A Sri Lankan national was arrested at Chennai airport on Wednesday with nearly a gold chain, worth nearly 8 lakh, in his shirt collar. Last week, 55-year-old Zuraiya Mumtaz, also of Sri Lanka, was caught with 700gm of gold biscuits in her wig.
Around noon on Wednesday, police said, Sajeevan of Colombo, who had arrived by an Air India Express flight, was passing through customs. Officials checked his passport and found he had been a regular visitor to the city. The aroused their doubts.
They checked his baggage and found nothing suspicious. But, when Sajeevan appeared nervous, they detained him. One official found his shirt collar unusually large.
08/11/12 Daniel P George/Times of India
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Around noon on Wednesday, police said, Sajeevan of Colombo, who had arrived by an Air India Express flight, was passing through customs. Officials checked his passport and found he had been a regular visitor to the city. The aroused their doubts.
They checked his baggage and found nothing suspicious. But, when Sajeevan appeared nervous, they detained him. One official found his shirt collar unusually large.
08/11/12 Daniel P George/Times of India
