Gold bars weighing two kilograms and 160 grams.
Excise duty on refined gold bars manufactured from gold dore bar, silver dore bar, gold ore or concentrate, silver ore or concentrate, copper ore or concentrate, increased to 9.5 per cent from 9 per cent. (Representational image)
New Delhi: Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) officers on Monday said they had taken a woman passenger travelling from Dubai to New Delhi into custody after they retrieved gold bars worth Rs. 64,38,960 from her possession.
A statement issued by the AIU said that on the intervening night of August 21 and August 22, officers, on suspicion, intercepted a lady passenger identified as Farhat Unnisa, a resident of Hyderabad, after she disembarked from a Jet Airways flight from Dubai.
The AIU statement said that on examination of Ms Unnisa, they recovered gold bars weighing two kilograms and 160 grams.
( Source : ANI )
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