He was carrying 1,048 grams of gold.
New Delhi, January 24
Customs officials at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport arrested a crew member of Singapore Airlines with 1,048 grams of gold, worth Rs 31 lakh.
“The Officers of Air Customs Preventive IGI Airport, New Delhi, intercepted a Singapore national (crew member of Singapore Airlines) on January 22,” read an official note.
He was carrying 1,048 grams of gold (one piece of yellow metal in the shape of chain weighing 749 grams and one piece yellow metal bar weighing 299 grams) that had been recovered, it added.
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During interrogation, he admitted to carrying some equal amount of gold in the same form.
The gold bars have been seized under Section 110 of the Customs Act and the passenger has been arrested under the provisions of Section 104 of the Customs Act.
An investigation is under way. ANI
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