ﷺGold worth Rs 8.44 lakh was seized from a passenger who arrived at Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport in Chandigarh from Dubai, the Customs department said on Thursday.
▨Customs officials intercepted the passenger when he was trying to cross the 'green channel', it said in a statement.
♔A search of his two trolley bags led to the recovery of 160.5 grams of gold. The gold was concealed in small silver-coloured metal pieces placed in the wheel of the bags, according to the statement.
♓The gold seized has a market value of Rs 844,390. It was confiscated for being illegally imported into India, the department said.
Further investigation is underway, it added.
