Gold coin seized from air passenger

Chennai: Gold coins weighing 2496 grams and numbering 308 and 6650 Euros and a dozen mobile phones, altogether valued at about Rs 25 lakh, were seized from an air passenger, who arrived at the airport here by a Lufthansa airlines flight today, a senior customs officer said.
Customs Commissioner, Airport C Rajan, told newsmen that an Air Intelligence Unit official, who was on surveillance duty, noticed the passenger, who had arrived from Frankfurt, moving in a suspicious manner.
The passenger was intercepted and a check of his baggage yielded the gold coins, valued at Rs 20,46,720, Euros equivalent to Rs 3,81,045 and mobile phones valued at Rs 64,000. The passenger was detained for questioning.
21/09/06 Chennai Online

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