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Last updated: Jul 07, 2023 at 00:20 am IST
The defendants were intercepted on Tuesday morning after they arrived from Dubai on separate flights. (Image – Shutterstock)
After arriving from Dubai on different planes, the accused was arrested on Tuesday morning. The trio had hidden gold worth Rs. 3.28 crore in rectal form of paste
Three men have been arrested at the international airport here for allegedly smuggling gold worth more than Rs 3 crore into the country by hiding it inside their anuses, a customs official said on Thursday.
The official said the defendants were intercepted on Tuesday morning after they arrived from Dubai on separate flights.
He added that the trio hid gold worth Rs 3.28 crore in the form of paste in their rectum.
The customs official said that after arrival, two of the accused took out the gold and hid it in a tank with a water tank in the arrivals section of the airport.
The official said the third passenger had hidden the gold in a laundry room on the plane he had boarded from Dubai and was to be collected by a member of the cleaning crew.
He added that a total of 6.5 kg of gold worth Rs 3.28 crore was seized and the trio were arrested.
(This story was not edited by the News18 staff and was published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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