Hyderabad: Gold seized from passenger at RGI Airport

CISF personnel caught a passenger who was smuggling gold at RGI Airport Shamshabad and seized 800 gm gold from him

Hyderabad: The Central Industrial Security Force team caught three persons who were allegedly involved in smuggling of gold at RGI Airport Shamshabad on Sunday. The CISF team seized 596 grams of gold from them.

Those apprehended are M Ashfaque Ahmed (37), Mohammed Shaikh Abdulla (31) and Naina Mohammed (49), all natives of Tamil Nadu.

The three persons were receiving parcels from passengers who arrived from different flights from Dubai. “On suspicion they were caught and on checking the parcels, we found iron bearings of odd weights. On breaking it open we found gold converted into the form of bearings and wrapped with thin iron sheet to hoodwink the customs officials,” said the CISF officials.

The three persons along with the seized gold were handed over to RGI Airport Custom officials for further necessary action.