New Delhi: A man has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle in over three kgs of gold jewellery, worth about Rs 85 lakh, from the IGI airport here. According to a Customs official, Mohamed Salim Aliakbar, who hails from Karnataka, was intercepted yesterday when he was trying to walk through Green Channel (meant for declaring non-dutiable goods) in the international arrival hall. The officials seized 3215.68 gm of gold jewellery valued at Rs 84.48 lakh from Aliakbar, who had come from Dubai and tried to smuggle the same into India without payment of customs duty, an official release said today.
15/12/12 PTI/Moneycontrol.com
