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Gold, foreign cigarettes, laptops seized at airport in Chennai

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Press Trust of India Chennai

: Gold and other goods totally worth Rs 32.92 lakh were seized from flight passengers in three different incidents at the airport here Tuesday, Customs officials said.

In the first incident, cut bits of gold valued at Rs 19 lakh were found in baggage of Ahamed Basha Shaik who had arrived from Riyadh, a press release said.

In the second incident, similar forms of the yellow metal worth Rs 6.50 lakh were found in the bag of Fathima Asmiya who was found moving around suspiciously after arriving from Colombo, the release said.

In the third incident, the officials recovered foreign cigarettes, used laptops and cut bits of gold worth Rs 7.42 lakh from Mohamed Basith who had arrived from Sharjah, it added.

 

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First Published: Dec 11 2018 | 8:50 PM IST

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