"Divyesh Gandhi, a resident of Tankara in Rajkot district, had arrived this morning from Dubai by Emirates flight AK-538, and was trying to pass through the green channel," a custom official said.
"Following suspicion, he was asked to go through the red channel. During the search gold bars and biscuits of 3.0832-kg were recovered from his possession, besides jewellery weighing over 500 grams, the total value of which is around Rs 1.33 crore," they said.
In the last few months, Customs officials here have seized over 7.68 kg's of gold.
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