New Delhi: In a major seizure, gold worth about Rs 6.5 crore has been seized from five persons, including two Kazakh nationals, who were allegedly trying to smuggle it into the country at Indira Gandhi International Airport here.
The seizure of over 25 kgs of gold was done in the past one week by the customs officials.
In first incident, two Kazakh nationals, in early twenties, were intercepted by the customs officials after their arrival here from Almaty.
"Both of them were carrying five kgs of gold each, which was seized and the duo was arrested," said Vinayak Azaad, Additional Commissioner of customs at the IGIA.
Three other persons were also arrested for smuggling gold. Besides, gold was seized from some of the passengers who had come from Dubai, Bahrain, Doha and Hong Kong.
31/12/15 Business Standard
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The seizure of over 25 kgs of gold was done in the past one week by the customs officials.
In first incident, two Kazakh nationals, in early twenties, were intercepted by the customs officials after their arrival here from Almaty.
"Both of them were carrying five kgs of gold each, which was seized and the duo was arrested," said Vinayak Azaad, Additional Commissioner of customs at the IGIA.
Three other persons were also arrested for smuggling gold. Besides, gold was seized from some of the passengers who had come from Dubai, Bahrain, Doha and Hong Kong.
31/12/15 Business Standard
