Gold bars dollars seized at airport

Three gold bars weighing just over a kilo and valued approximately at Rs 39 lakh, was seized from a passenger from Dubai at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International airport here today.

The passenger, who hails from Thane in Maharashtra, had alighted from Emirates Airlines flight from Dubai, a Customs official said.

The gold worth Rs 38,59,916 was seized by air intelligence unit(AIU) of Kolkata Customs.

In another incident, AIU seized 9500 USD valued at Rs 6,27,000 from another passenger.

The passenger, who is a resident of Behala in the city, was travelling to Bangkok by Tashi Airlines, the official said.