Chennai: Rs 47 lakh worth gold seized at airport

Chennai: About 1.6 kg gold worth Rs 47 lakhs was seized by officials of the Customs air intelligence unit at the City airport in the past four days. 

On Friday morning, lady passenger Sneha Rajkumar Karani, who arrived from Dubai by a Dubai Airlines, flight was detained on suspicion. 

During a search, officials recovered nine crude gold bangles concealed beneath her dress.The bangles weighed 782 grams and were worth Rs 23.75 lakh.

Another passenger, Kamal Jeet Singh, who arrived on the same flight from Dubai was also detained and during searches, officials recovered one crude gold kada and one crude gold chain, which were concealed beneath his shirt. 

Gold weighing 499 grams worth '15 lakh was recovered from him, an official said.