Gold seized by officials.
Amritsar, October 21
The Customs Department seized 497 grams of gold from a passenger at Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport in Amritsar on Friday.
On sustained interrogation, he accepted that he was carrying two packets containing gold in paste form (gross weight 497 gms) in his rectum. Further on purification, the net weight of the 24 carat of gold was found to be 411 grams valued at Rs 21.29 lakh. The gold has been seized and further investigation is in progress.
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