Dubai returnee held with Rs 36L gold paste at Amritsar airport
Shefali Kohli
September 7th 2022 04:19 PM
Amritsar, September 07: Based on APIS profiling, the AIU staff apprehended a Dubai returnee with gold worth Rs 36 lakhs from the Shri Guru Ramdas International Airport, Amritsar.
The returnee was on Spice Jet flight which arrived from Dubai on Tuesday night.
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During his personal search and interrogation, he admitted to have concealed 2 capsules of gold paste in rectum.
The 2 capsules with gross weight of 755 gms with packing were recovered and Gold weighing 690 gms valued Rs. 36 lakh was extracted by refining the gold paste.
Further investigation is in progress.
-PTC News