Businessman arrested with 1.5 kilos of gold

17 September 2012 08:15 am

A 43-year-old businessman attempting to smuggle 1.5 kilos of gold biscuits valued at Rs.10 million to Mumbai was arrested by Customs officials at the Bandaranaike International airport last night.

He was fined Rs.100,000 and the gold biscuits were confiscated.

Investigations had revealed that he was an agent acting on behalf of a gold smuggler. (Tex and pix by Deepa Adikari)