RGIA customs seize gold worth Rs 2.29 cr

Hyderabad: Customs officials at the Shamshabad airport in three instances seized a total of 3.743 kg of gold valued at Rs 2.29 crore that was being smuggled by passengers arriving from Jeddah and Dubai. The first seizure was 594 grams of gold concealed in an iron box, 1,225 grams of gold hidden in a portable speaker in the second instance, and, in the third case, three gold capsules concealed inside a passenger's rectum.