Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Jun 25: Customs officials who detected smuggling of gold illegally into the country through the international airport here, have seized gold worth lacs of rupees in two separate cases.
On June 23, a passenger who arrived by a flight from Dubai, was seen smuggling gold concealed in gear wheel. The Customs officials who conducted search, found 211 grams of gold worth Rs 7.17 lac in his possession.
In the other incident which happened on Monday, June 24, the police found that a woman was carrying 239.86 grams of gold.
In both the cases, gold was confiscated.