Coimbatore: Gold worth over Rs 39 lakh has been seized from a passenger who arrived here from Sharjah by an Air Arabia flight, officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence(DRI) said on Monday.
Gold seized at airport in Coimbatore, Keralite held
A passenger who arrived Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu from Sharjah by an Air Arabia flight has been arrested and Gold worth over Rs 39 lakh has been seized from him. He has confessed to his involvement in a gold-smuggling racket for a commission.
Gold seized at airport in Coimbatore, Keralite held
Based on the information, Jamshid of Kozhikode was stopped and his baggage checked after he landed here on March 23. The check yielded 1,200 gm of gold hidden in a coffee-maker, a DRI press release said.
Jamshid is believed to have confessed to his involvement in a gold-smuggling racket for a commission. He was arrested and later released on bail.