Trichy: Gold worth Rs 66 lakh seized from passenger

TRICHY: Customs officials seized 2kg of gold foils worth Rs 66.26 lakh from a passenger at the Trichy International Airport on Sunday night.
Officials intercepted P Murugesah, 34, of Pudukkottai who arrived here from Kuala Lumpur in an AirAsia flight. They checked his luggage which had a wall-mounted television stand.
They found a total of 2.096kg of gold -- in the form of foil papers -- in the tubes of the TV stand.
Assistant commissioner of customs air intelligence unit M Pandaram said the passenger had smuggled the yellow metal in the form of foils. Nine foils were found stuffed inside the pipes of the wall-mounted TV stand.
Customs authorities are investigating further.