Customs officers seized 1.2 kg of gold value ₹59.70 lakh and electronics items value ₹4.86 lakh and 1,706 karat of treasured stones value ₹23.13 lakhs at Chennai airport.

Raheem Abdul Hameed, a resident of Triplicane and Mohamed Asif, a resident of Alandur, who arrived from Dubai on August 28 at 5.10 a.m., had been detained by the officers on suspicion, in accordance with a press launch.

The officers discovered that these passengers had hidden three bundles of gold in paste kind of their rectum; that they had hidden two gold bars, two gold bits and two gold chains as properly. Of their baggage, assorted digital items value ₹4.86 lakh had been discovered, the discharge mentioned.

In yet another case the identical day, Thangaraja, who arrived from Colombo, was held for hiding six bundles of treasured stones in his rectum. Officers acquired 1,706 karat of treasured stones from him.