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Air India Passenger Carrying Gold Bars Worth Over Rs. 2.5 Crore Held In kerala

Darpan News Desk IANS, 18 Aug, 2016 01:09 PM

A 27-year-old Air India passenger was held after gold bars worth more than Rs. 2.5 crore were seized from his possession at Karipur airport in Kozhikode, officials said today.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of DRI officials checked the baggage of Thaslim, a passenger from Bahrain, and seized the gold bars weighing 6.4 kgs.

The bars were found concealed inside the computer UPS of Thaslim, a native of Kavil in the district, the DRI officials said.

Thaslim was taken into custody for questioning, they said.

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