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Air passenger held for smuggling Rs 1 cr worth gold

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Press Trust of India Chennai
Gold biscuits worth Rs one crore and allegedly smuggled from Dubai were seized from a passenger who arrived from Dubai at the airport here today.

Officials of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) found Ismail, a native of Ramanathapuram District in Tamil Nadu, carrying three kg of gold during a search of him on his arrival by an Air India flight from Dubai, airport sources said.

He was arrested on the charge of smuggling the gold, they added.
 

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First Published: Nov 13 2013 | 7:00 PM IST

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