Smuggled gold worth Rs 3 crore recovered from Bengaluru airport

Smuggled gold weighing 9.2 kg and valued at Rs three crore was recovered from an unclaimed baggage at the international airport here, Customs sources said Sunday.

The yellow metal was found concealed in a speaker inside the baggage during scanning Saturday night and no passenger came forward to claim it.

The gold was worth Rs 3 crore, they said adding a probe has been launched to trace the person, who brought the consignment.

However, the sources did not mention the place from where the baggage arrived.