Hyderabad: Gold worth Rs 61.21 lakh seized from three passengers at RGIA

Further investigation is on.

Hyderabad: The Customs officials at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) seized gold worth nearly Rs 61.2 lakh from three passengers in separate cases reported on Wednesday night.

The Air Intelligence Unit of Hyderabad Customs seized gold ornaments weighing 970.4 grams and valued at Rs.61.2 lakh from the passengers who had arrived from Jeddah and Dubai.

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On the basis of profiling and suspicion, the officials detained the passengers who tried to smuggle the yellow metal concealed in the luggage.

Separate cases were booked and an investigation was on.