Hyderabad: Gold seized at RGIA

Hyderabad: The customs officials on Monday booked a case against a person for smuggling gold from Riyadh to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Shamshabad via Kuwait.

The passenger, who arrived by a Jazeera flight from Riyadh, concealed the gold worth Rs.34.24 lakh in cookies and chocolate boxes. The passenger’s suspicious movements roused the suspicion of customs officials who checked the passenger along with the baggage and found the gold.