Customs officials today seized one kilo of gold bars allegedly smuggled from Sharjah from a passenger at the international airport here.
The officials grew suspicious about the behaviour of a youth, who arrived by an Air Arabia flight at around 4 AM
On a search, the officials found one kilo gold bars hidden in the rectum of Saravanan, a native of Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu, police said.
The gold bars were removed after Saravanan was taken to a hospital and he was now being questioned about the source of supply and destination of the smuggled gold, they said.
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