Hyderabad: After a gap of over a week, the Air Intelligence Unit of Hyderabad customs caught a male passenger at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) who was allegedly smuggling gold into the city from Dubai and seized the valuable material from him.
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Based on profiling, the AIU intercepted the passenger who arrived from Dubai via Bahrain by flight GF-274 at early hours of Friday. He attempted to smuggle the gold in the form of a paste concealed in his sandals.
The gold weighing 228 grams, extracted from the paste was valued at Rs 11,89,248 and has been seized from him. A case has been booked by the airport police.
