Gold worth Rs 62 lakh seized from six passengers at airport

A day after undeclared gold collectively worth Rs 75 lakh was recovered from five passengers at Mumbai international airport, customs officials have detected six more cases and seized 2.52 kg of gold valued at Rs 62 lakh that was not declared.
All the six cases were reported from 10 PM last night till early this morning, the official said.
In five separate cases, five Indian passengers, who arrived at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport from Bangkok on a Thai Airways (TG) flight, were intercepted, said a customs official.
"Their examination revealed they were carrying a gold chain and bracelet each that were not declared. The collective value of the yellow metal that seized from them is Rs 50.66 lakh," the official added.

In the sixth case, an Indian passenger, who arrived here from Riyadh on a Jet Airways (India) flight, had meticulously concealed gold bars in his socks, the official said adding that Rs 11.34 lakh yellow metal was seized from him.
On the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, the customs officials had recovered undeclared gold worth Rs 75 lakh from five passengers at the airport.