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Mangaluru: 655 grams of gold seized at Mangalore intl. airport


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Mangaluru, June 08, 2019: Customs sleuths seized 655.94 grams of gold from three passengers who tried to smuggle it at Mangaluru International Airport recently.


Airport.jpgAccording to a tweet by the Mangaluru Customs, the gold was seized from three passengers who arrived at the airport from Dubai.

In two instances, the gold was concealed by the passengers in their undergarments. In the third instance, the gold was concealed as gold strips in measuring tape.

The 655.94 grams of 24 carat gold were worth Rs. 21.65 lakh, the tweet mentioned.