Flier detained at Hyderabad airport with gold worth Rs 41 lakh in body cavities

Customs officials on Sunday detained a passenger at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here for allegedly smuggling 1.3 kg gold worth nearly Rs 41 lakh concealed in his body cavities.

Customs officials on Sunday detained a passenger at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here for allegedly smuggling 1.3 kg gold worth nearly Rs 41 lakh concealed in his body cavities.

Customs officials on Sunday detained a passenger at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here for allegedly smuggling 1.3 kg gold. (Reuters File Photo)

The Air Intelligence Unit of the Customs checked the passenger on-board a flight when he was travelling from Muscat to Chennai via Hyderabad.

“The passenger was travelling by a flight from Muscat to Chennai, which arrived in Hyderabad at 07.00 hrs today. He was found carrying 7 gold bars total weighing 1,349 grams valued at Rs 40,85,000,” a senior customs official said.

The gold bars were concealed in body cavities and the passenger was subsequently deboarded and detained for questioning, he said.

Further probe is underway.