Dynamite News Gold worth Rs 2.73 cr seized at Delhi Airport; 2 held
Air Customs at personnel at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport on Saturday seized gold worth Rs 2.73 crores and arrested one Russian and a Tajik national in this case. Read further on Dynamite News:
New Delhi: Air Customs at personnel at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport on Saturday seized gold worth Rs 2.73 crores and arrested one Russian and a Tajik national in this case, an official statement said.
According to the statement, the seized gold weighed 5,488 grams. The passengers had arrived from Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
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The Delhi Customs took to their social media platform 'X' (formerly known as Twitter), and said, "On careful scrutiny and profiling of passengers, Customs@IGIA have seized 5,488 grams of gold valued at INR 2.73 crores from one Russian and a Tajik national who arrived in New Delhi from Dushanbe. Both pax have been arrested and further investigations are underway".
More details are awaited.
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