airportsNew Delhi, Jan 14 (PTI) CISF officials today apprehendedthree passengers at Guwahati and Silchar airports in Assam forallegedly trying to smuggle gold bars worth about Rs 74 lakhby wrapping them in balloons and concealing them in their bodycavities.
In the first case at the Guwahati airport, the securityforce personnel detected metal pieces in the body of apassenger, travelling to Kolkata, during frisking and he wassubsequently taken for detailed checking.
"During thorough checking, the passenger revealed that heis carrying five pieces of gold bar (100 gms each) wrapped inballoon inside his rectum.
"The passenger and the seized gold bars were handed overto Custom officials," a Central Industrial Security Force(CISF) spokesperson said here.
The value of the seized gold is estimated to be Rs 15lakh, he said.
Two similar cases were detected at the Silchar airporttoday, he added.
While one passenger was travelling to Kolkata, the otherwas bound for Delhi.
The value of the gold seized in these two cases is aboutRs 59 lakh, the spokesperson said.
All the cases have been handed over to the Customs, hesaid. PTI NESSMN.
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