A man (Indian national) was held at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport for attempting to smuggle gold on Friday. The customs department at the IGI airport apprehended the man who was hiding gold in his underwear. 840 grams of gold and its paste worth more than Rs 29 lakh was recovered by the Customs Department at the airport. Last week, the customs department at the IGI airport had foiled an attempt of gold smuggling on Friday and apprehended an Afghan passenger with gold bars worth about Rs 45 lakh. An Afghan citizen, he was intercepted by the customs officers at terminal 3 of the IGI Airport.

Source: dna October 11, 2019 09:33 UTC