Gold, electronic goods seized from passenger at Chennai airport

CHENNAI:

Customs

officials seized 390 gram of

gold

and

electronic goods

worth Rs 22.31 lakh from a

passenger

at

Chennai airport

on Friday. The passenger was arrested.


Based on intelligence, a 53-year-old-man, who arrived from

Sharjah

in an

Air Arabia

flight (G9-473), was intercepted at the exit by customs air intelligence unit (AIU) officers.

On personal search and examination of the passenger, one gold chain weighing 80 gram was recovered from his pants pocket. A gold bundle weighing 310 gram and worth Rs 16.3 lakh was recovered from his rectum.

Further, electronic goods worth Rs 6 lakh which were not declared by the passenger and carried in his check-in baggage were also recovered. The total value of the seized items is Rs 22.31 lakh. They were seized under the

Customs Act

,1962.