Hyderabad: Gold worth about Rs 71 lakh seized from 2 women at airport

The police said that both the women had concealed the gold bars in their garment one of them has been detained.

Hyderabad, April 20: Customs officials seized about 2.36 kg of gold bars worth nearly Rs 71 lakh from two women passengers at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad

Based on specific intelligence, the officers of the Customs Air Intelligence Unit seized 2,000 gm of gold from one woman and 366 gm from another passenger who arrived from Jeddah by a Saudi airlines flight on Wednesday.

"The value of the gold bars seized from the two passengers is Rs 60 lakh and Rs 10.98 lakh respectively," a senior Customs officer told PTI.

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