Gold worth 40L seized at Rajamahendravaram airport

Hyderabad: Over 1.2 kg gold worth Rs 40 lakh smuggled from Sri Lanka, was seized from a passenger at Rajamahendravaram airport in Andhra Pradesh, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) said here on Sunday. Acting on tip-off, the DRI sleuths from Kakinada intercepted a passenger who arrived by a flight from Hyderabad on September 14.  

On examination, he was found carrying the gold paste weighing 1269.85 gms concealed in his innerwear, a release from the DRI's (Hyderabad Zonal Unit) said here. According to preliminary investigation, the gold was smuggled from Colombo to Madurai in Tamil Nadu but was left behind by his accomplice in the aircraft which was later operated in the domestic sector to Rajamahendravaram airport via Hyderabad.