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Chinese man held for smuggling gold at Delhi Airport
25 Feb 2018
A Chinese man has been arrested by customs officials for allegedly trying to smuggle, into the country, gold valuing about Rs. 92 lakh at Delhi airport.
The accused was intercepted after his arrival from Hong Kong on Wednesday.
The gold bars, valued at Rs. 91.88 lakh, has been seized.
Here's more.
Gold bars were concealed inside the man's jeans pockets
The gold bars
A detailed personal search of the passenger resulted in the recovery of three gold bars, weighing three kilograms, concealed inside specially designed pockets of the jeans worn by him, the statement issued by the customs said.
Earlier on February 10, four Chinese men were arrested by the customs for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country 10 kilograms gold, at the airport.
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