Gold worth Rs 2cr seized at city airport

CHENNAI: Smuggling of gold through the city is clearly on the rise. Officials on Monday night made two more seizures of gold worth a combined 2 crore at city airport.
A customs officer said Ravi Bharathan, 34, of Vannarpet arrived in the city from Hong Kong on around midnight on Sunday.
“We had specific intelligence of a smuggling attempt,” he said.When officers checked Bhara- than’s baggage, they found 25 gold biscuits worth 62.5 lakh. The officers arrested him. Airport officials earlier found an abandoned bag and alerted police. The bomb squad examined the bag with sensors before opening it.
They found 5.5kg of gold worth 1.38 crore inside the bag. Security camera footage showed young man abandoning the bag before heading to the exit.