12.64 kg gold worth Rs 50L seized at Hyderabad airport in one month

Hyderabad: It’s been raining gold at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Shamshabad for nearly one month. The customs officials seized 12.64 kilograms of gold from smugglers at the airport in the span of time.
Gold was found on around 35 passengers both male and female arriving in the country mainly from Middle Eastern countries.
The customs officials calculate a kilogram of gold at Rs 50 lakh in the market. The gold smuggled from Dubai and other Middle East countries is known for its purity.
The innovative techniques smugglers adopt to smuggle gold into the country by hoodwinking the customs officials at the airport surprises authorities.
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The body scanners at the airport beeped and on frisking the gold was found on the body and seized.