Customs seize 282 g of 24‑carat gold worth ₹42.5 L from passenger at Ahmedabad airport
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Customs officials arrested a passenger arriving from Abu Dhabi at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport and seized 282.9 grams of 24‑carat gold valued at about ₹42.5 lakh on October 15.
The gold was hidden in metal strips affixed with screws inside three trolley bags, each strip containing two white‑rhodium‑coated gold wires, and the seizure was carried out by the Air Intelligence Unit of Ahmedabad Customs under the Customs Act, 1962, based on specific intelligence.