The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Hyderabad Customs department intercepted a male passenger arriving from Dubai and recovered two gold rods worth Rs 13.72 lakh at the Rajiv Gandhi International airport on Thursday.
Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs department seized foreign currency valued at Rs 55.83 lakh at Chennai airport on Thursday and nabbed two passengers carrying the foreign currency, said the official Twitter handle of Chennai customs.
During the examination of the said passenger, 4 capsules of gold in a compound form totally weighing 1063 grams concealed inside his body were recovered and seized.
Union Minister of State Minister of State for Civil Aviation and former Army Chief General VK Singh has said that Technical Support Division (TSD), a military intelligence unit that was later disbanded, could have bettered a lot of things and he considers it a shame that it was taken off<
"During the examination of the said passenger, 3 capsules of gold in compound form weighing 873.98 grams concealed inside his body were recovered and seized," officials said.
Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs department has seized 489 grams of gold worth Rs 21.5 lakhs at Kochi airport, the officials said on Saturday.
A CISF officer deployed at the Chennai International Airport recovered about 624gm of gold worth Rs 31 lakh concealed inside a small pouch from a member of the Spicejet security staff on Monday.
The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs department arrested one person from the Kochi airport, seizing 1259 grams of gold, worth Rs 53 lakh, concealed inside his body, officers said on Sunday.