Gold biscuits seized from two passengers at airport

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Press Trust of India Tiruchirappalli
Last Updated : Sep 24 2013 | 12:40 AM IST
Gold biscuits worth about Rs 1.95 crore were seized today from two passengers who arrived at the airport here from Kuala Lumpur.
Acting on a tip-off, Mohammed Rafiq and Karthikeyan were arrested after air customs officials conducted a thorough search on them and found that they were hiding gold biscuits weighing 6.5 kgs in their under garments.
They were arrested and remanded to custody, airport sources said.
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First Published: Sep 24 2013 | 12:40 AM IST

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