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Over 1 kg gold, Rs 31 lakh seized at Chennai airport

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Press Trust of India Chennai

In separate cases, customs officials Wednesday recovered over one kg gold and Rs 31 lakh in cash from four passengers, including a woman, who arrived from Colombo at the airport here.

A Kuala Lumpur-bound woman was arrested for carrying undeclared cash of Rs 31 lakh, a Customs release here said.

On Wednesday, officials of the Air Intelligence Unit of the Customs department intercepted three passengers who arrived from Colombo on suspicion, it said.

A personal search of the three yielded 1.04 kg of pure gold and it was valued at Rs 34 lakh, it said.

Similarly, the woman was found carrying Rs 31 lakh in denomination of Rs 2000 notes, it said.

 

The money was recovered as "she had not declared" it and it was over the permissible limit of Rs 25,000, the release said, adding she was arrested.

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First Published: May 08 2019 | 8:10 PM IST

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