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The 24-carat gold, worth Rs 18.47 lakh, seized from a passenger at Mangalore International Airport on Tuesday.
Customs officers on Tuesday seized gold weighing 483.57 grams from a passenger, who arrived from Dubai by an Air India flight, at Mangalore International Airport.
Acting on a tip-off, customs officials detained the passenger and found 24-carat gold worth Rs 18.47 lakh in the form of a paste.
Concealed in rectum
The gold was found stashed in three packets in the passenger’s rectum.
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