Customs officials seize over 38 kg of gold at IGI Airport

Customs official have seized 38.430 kilograms of gold at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport here.

On March 16, while keeping a surveillance on passengers coming in from Herat, Afghanistan, Customs officials stopped some lady passengers while they were passing through the Green Channel at the airport after landing in New Delhi via Flight No. 4Q 245.

On searching their baggage, 38.430 kilograms of gold (necklace, kada and chain) valued at Rs 10, 60,19,646/- were recovered from them.

The same was seized under Section 110 of the Customs Act, 1962 and the Pax were arrested under Section 104 of the act, said Neeta Butalia, Commissioner of Customs(I and G).

 

The total value of the seizure on 16.03.