The Customs officials have seized over one kg of gold, valued at Rs 36.86 lakh, from a passenger, who apparently wasn't aware that he was carrying contraband, at the international airport here.
The Air Intelligence Unit of Customs last night seized three gold bars weighing 1,233 grams from a passenger who had arrived from Dubai, a senior official said.
"The bars were concealed by removing copper winding in the inner core of a voltage converter," he said.
The passenger, who had gone to Dubai with the hope of landing a job, was duped into carrying the contraband back home, he added.
The sender handed over a box containing the converter and some other items to the passenger in Dubai, and asked him to hand it over to a person who was to come to receive him at the airport. The passenger wasn't told what was inside, as per the official.
Further investigation is underway.
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