Over 1 kg gold seized in 3 separate cases at Chennai airport

More than one kg of gold worth Rs 44.4 lakh was seized in three separate cases at the International airport here and one person arrested, the customs department said Wednesday. Two persons, who arrived by separate flights from Dubai and Colombo, were caught carrying 190 grams of gold and 202 grams respectively.

One of them had concealed 130 grams in his rectum, while the other also adopted the same mode, a customs release said. In the other case, one person who arrived from Muscat was found carrying 972 grams of gold. The man concealed the gold in a specially designed cotton belt that was tied over his innerwear, the release said.