Hyderabad: A total of 724 gm of smuggled gold in the form of paste worth Rs 27.87 lakh was seized from a passenger at the Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) said on Sunday.
Based on specific intelligence, the passenger, who arrived Hyderabad by a flight from Mumbai on October 18, had concealed the gold paste in his rectum, the DRI said in a press release.
Inquiries revealed that he was entrusted with the job of carrying the gold which was given to him by one of his friends in Mumbai.