1.4 kg gold seized from passenger at Dibrugarh Airport

Press Trust of India  |  Dibrugarh 

At least nine pieces of gold biscuits weighing 1.4 kg, worth over Rs 50 lakh in the international market, were recovered from the rectum of a passenger at the airport here by CISF personnel on Tuesday, an said.

The security personnel became suspicious as the 65- year-old passenger tried to avoid the metal detector door frame to go to the security hold area, the CISF said.

The gold biscuits were detected during security check when the passenger was allegedly trying to smuggle them in his rectum, the said.

The man was caught at the security hold area while on his way to board a flight to via Kolkata, the airline's Manager, here told

The man was handed over to the Customs department, the officer added.

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First Published: Tue, May 07 2019. 21:25 IST