The accused, who had arrived from Jeddah, had been arrested in separate instances. (Representational)
New Delhi:
Two males have been arrested by customs officers on the worldwide airport for allegedly smuggling gold price Rs 1.21 crore into the nation by concealing it of their rectum, in accordance with an official assertion issued on Thursday.
The accused, who had arrived from Jeddah, had been arrested in separate instances.
One of many males was intercepted on his arrival on Tuesday, the assertion mentioned.
“Throughout private and baggage search of the passenger, three oval-shaped capsules containing yellow-colored chemical paste wrapped in clear rubbery materials, suspected to comprise gold, had been recovered which had been hid by the passenger in his rectum,” the customs division mentioned within the assertion.
After the extraction course of, one uneven-shaped gold bar weighing 917.3 grams and having a tariff worth of Rs 59.81 lakh was recovered from the passenger, it mentioned.
Within the different case, the passenger was intercepted after he arrived from Jeddah on Monday.
He was suspected of carrying foreign-origin gold and intercepted by customs officers, one other assertion mentioned.
“Throughout private and baggage search of the passenger, three oval-shaped capsules suspected to comprise gold in chemical paste type had been recovered from the physique of the passenger (excreted from the rectum by himself) which, after extraction of metallic, resulted into the restoration of gold collectively weighing 981.34 grams approx,” it mentioned.
Each the accused had been arrested and the gold, weighing 1.89 kg roughly and price round Rs 1.21 crore, was seized.
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