New Delhi: Three persons, including an Afghan national, have been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country gold bars valuing over Rs 50 lakh at international airport in two separate incidents.
Acting on intelligence, a passenger was intercepted by customs officials after his arrival from Dubai here on Monday. He has handed over gold bar weighing a kilogram to an employee working as customer service agent for a firm engaged in ground handling work at the airport, a customs official said.
On personal search of the customer service agent, the gold bar weighing a kilogram and valuing about Rs 24.79 lakh was recovered. Both the persons in this case were arrested, he said.
18/02/15 PTI/Business Standard
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Acting on intelligence, a passenger was intercepted by customs officials after his arrival from Dubai here on Monday. He has handed over gold bar weighing a kilogram to an employee working as customer service agent for a firm engaged in ground handling work at the airport, a customs official said.
On personal search of the customer service agent, the gold bar weighing a kilogram and valuing about Rs 24.79 lakh was recovered. Both the persons in this case were arrested, he said.
18/02/15 PTI/Business Standard
