Customs Dept seizes 1-kg gold at Amritsar airport
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, September 2
The Customs Department has confiscated one-kg gold after checking a flight at Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport here.
According to information, the flight arrived from Dubai at 3.15 pm. During the routine checking, a gold bar weighing one kg, valued at Rs 51 lakh, was found underneath a seat.
Customs’ Commissioner AS Ranga said the gold bar was covered with a black adhesive tape sticking to the bottom of an unoccupied seat of the plane.
The recovered gold has been seized under the Customs Act. No arrest has been made in this connection so far.
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