MP: Man caught with smuggled gold at Indore airport

A passenger travelling from Dubai was arrested at the airport here for allegedly smuggling around a kilogram of gold hidden inside parts of a mixer grinder.

Indore: A passenger travelling from Dubai was arrested at the airport here for allegedly smuggling around a kilogram of gold hidden inside parts of a mixer grinder, an official said on Wednesday.

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The passenger of Dubai-Indore Air India flight (AI 904) was nabbed by an Intelligence team at Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, airport director Aryama Sanyal said.

The accused was caught smuggling around a kilogram of gold hidden in parts of a mixer grinder, she said, adding that the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and Customs was investigating the case. (PTI)