Friday, August 29, 2014

Rs 39-L Worth Gold Seized at Airport

Visakhapatnam: The customs officials here Wednesday seized 12 gold bars weighing 1.4 kg, worth `39 lakh, from a passenger on his arrival in the Air India international flight (AI-952) from Dubai to Visakhapatnam via Hyderabad. The accused was identified as B Padmanabha Srinivasa Reddy alias BPS Reddy.
Reddy boarded the flight in Hyderabad and reportedly received the 12 gold bars from an unknown person who was travelling in the same flight from Dubai to Vizag.
The accused carried the bars in the pockets stitched inside his trousers. Based on a tip-off, the customs officials caught him uoon his arrival at the Vizag Airport, while he was passing through green channel, and sent him to Hyderabad for investigation.
29/08/14 New Indian Express 
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