Two held for smuggling gold to India

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Two persons were arrested at the Chennai airport for allegedly attempting to smuggle gold worth Rs 3 million from Sri Lanka today.

Customs officials arrested the two hailing from Tamil Nadu after a check-up revealed they had concealed the precious metal in their body.

A total of 900 gms of gold was recovered from the two passengers, who arrived from Colombo, official sources said. (PTI)

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Hemal Wednesday, 25 December 2013 03:10 PM

Why this was detected in India. Was our guys sleeping when they left Srilanka?

Calistus Jayatilleke Thursday, 26 December 2013 08:57 AM

Of late there is a spate of gold smuggling cases from Sri Lanka, Looks like there is an organized gang to siphon off some excessive stock of gold being held with some powerful figures who want to turn it into cash by hook or crook. At the same time, one wonders what really happened to the stock of gold taken over by the authorities from the LTTE hiding places.

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