Two Turkmenistan nationals have been arrested by officials of the Customs department for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country gold valuing about Rs 95 lakh at the Delhi airport.
The duo were intercepted after their arrival from Turkmenistan on Saturday.
"Their personal and baggage search resulted in recovery of gold weighing 3.05 kgs, in the form of multiple gold rings interwined and crudely given the shape of chains, ingeniously concealed in a black cloth which was further wrapped on the waist line and around the neck of the two passengers," the Customs department said in a statement.
The value of the seized gold is Rs 94.9 lakh.
They have also admitted to having smuggled another 2.65 kgs of gold worth Rs 1.77 crore on their visits in the past, it said.
In a related incident, officials had on Friday arrested 28 Turkmenistan nationals, including 22 women, for smuggling gold worth about Rs 5 crore at the Delhi airport.
The seizure was made in two cases yesterday.
In the first case, 23 passengers were intercepted after their arrival from Turkmenistan.
Their personal and baggage search resulted in recovery of gold weighing about 15.5 kgs. The gold was in the form of multiple gold rings intertwined and crudely given the shape of chain and bracelet.
In another case, five other Turkmenistani passengers were intercepted after their arrival at the airport.
They were found to be carrying 1.9 kg gold in a similar way.
All the 28 Turkmenistani passengers, including 22 women, were arrested.
In total, 17.4 kgs of gold worth about Rs 5 crore was seized.
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