2 air passengers held for bid to smuggle gold

Two persons were arrested at the airport here for allegedly attempting to smuggle gold worth Rs 30 lakh from Sri Lanka today.

Customs officials arrested the two hailing from Tamil Nadu after a check-up revealed they had concealed the precious metal in their body.

A total of 900 gms of gold was recovered from the two passengers, who arrived from Colombo, official sources said.

In another incident, two Nepali women were held by the immigration officials for allegedly possessing fake passports.

A Nepali man was also detained for allegedly helping them, the sources said, adding they were handed over to the local police.