New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) A woman has been arrested at the international airport here for trying to smuggle gold worth Rs 50 lakh into the country by hiding it in her rectum, the customs department said on Tuesday.
The 44-year-old woman was intercepted on Sunday following her arrival from Kathmandu.
A rectangular-shaped gold bar weighing 681 grams and valued at Rs 50.03 lakh was extracted from the gold paste recovered from the passenger, the customs department said in a statement.
The passenger, who hails from Maharashtra, admitted that she had brought the gold as chemical paste “from Dubai to Bangkok to Nepal and from Nepal to Delhi”, it said. PTI AKV NSD NSD
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