TN-GOLD-SEIZURE

Smuggled gold worth

Rs 19 lakh was seized from a passenger who arrived from

Singapore here, customs officials said Wednesday.

The gold was found kept concealed in marker pens after

removing the cartridges when officials checked the hand

baggage of Narayanan after he landed here Tuesday night.

It weighed totally 599 gms, they said adding the

passenger had been detained for interrogation.

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