Gold worth Rs 33 lakh seized at Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

The passenger was carrying 583.11-gram gold concealed in a plaster wrapped inside his mobile phone cover.
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad. (File photo| EPS)
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad. (File photo| EPS)

HYDERABAD: Customs officials at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport seized gold worth Rs 33 lakh from a passenger who arrived here on Wednesday night.

Based on a credible tip-off, a team of officials intercepted one male passenger who arrived at the airport on Delhi-Hyderabad EK-528 flight.

He was carrying 583.11 gram gold concealed in a plaster wrapped inside mobile phone cover. The passenger was arrested and the investigations were underway, police said.

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