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Gold worth Rs 25.45 lakhs seized at Mangalore Airport, one arrested
Mangalore International Airport officials on Friday seized nearly 500 grams of gold valued at Rs 25.45 lakhs from a passenger who arrived from Dubai.
Mangaluru: Mangalore International Airport officials on Friday seized nearly 500 grams of gold valued at Rs 25.45 lakhs from a passenger who arrived from Dubai.
The passenger was arrested in connection with the seizure and was later produced before court.
Karnataka: Gold worth Rs 25,45,920 was seized from a passenger at Mangalore International Airport who had arrived from Dubai on October 4. The passenger was arrested and produced before the Court. pic.twitter.com/2phfDL6yBP
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Officials informed that the gold was concealed inside the heating element of an electric rice cooker.
In a similar incident yesterday, the Air Intelligence Unit (AUI) at Kannur Airport in Kerala seized gold worth Rs 31.21 lakhs from a passenger from Dubai. (ANI)