Gold bars seized at Kolkata airport

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Sep 23 2015 | 7:57 PM IST
The Customs at the NSCBI airport here today recovered 1.75 kg of gold bars valued at Rs 46.72 lakh from under one of the seats of a Thai Airways aircraft which came from Bangkok.
Airport sources said that five gold bars, each weighing 350 grams, were kept inside the cushion of seat, which were seized as unclaimed.
The sources said that the person who was smuggling in the gold from Bangkok must have got wind of the Customs' knowledge of the contraband and escaped.

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First Published: Sep 23 2015 | 7:57 PM IST

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