Delhi Customs have arrested a man for smuggling gold at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport. The man had concealed two bricks of hold weighing two-kilogram in a toilet at airport premises. According to Dr Amandeep Singh, Additional Commissioner of Customs, the accused was intercepted after his arrival from Dubai on Monday.
“The man was stopped by customs officials and on detailed enquiry of the passenger resulted in the recovery of two gold bars, total weighing two-kilogram, which he had kept inside the false wall behind the flush of the toilet,” said Dr Singh.
“The gold, valued at Rs 66.45 lakh, has been seized and the passenger arrested under section 104 of Customs Act,” said Dr Singh.