New Delhi, Jan 14 (PTI) Two men, including a ground staffworking as telephone operator at a Bharti Airtel booth, havebeen arrested by the customs for allegedly trying to smuggleinto the country gold valued at about Rs 40 lakh.
An official statement said here that a passenger wasfollowed by customs officials after his arrival from Dubai onFriday.
The passenger handed over the gold to the airport staffat the arrival hall of the airport, it said.
"A detailed personal search of airport staff resulted inrecovery of 1.34 kg of gold wrapped with white colour adhesivetape and concealed in a packet of cigarette of Davidoff goldbrand,” the statement said.
The gold, valued at Rs 39.81 lakh, has been seized andthe duo arrested, it said.
In another case, gold worth about Rs nine lakh has beenseized from a passenger who had arrived from Dubai today.
The accused had coated gold, weighing about 300 grams,with a white colour and concealed it in hair straightener andin five purses being brought by him, a senior customs officialsaid.
The accused is native of Chennai, he said. PTI AKVDV.
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