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Customs officials seize 7.3 kg of gold at Hyderabad airport smuggled from Dubai by Sudanese nationals

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Customs authorities at Hyderabad airport recovered 7.3 kg of gold worth Rs 3.6 crore that was being smuggled into the country by four Sudanese passengers who arrived from Dubai.</p>
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The two men and two women arrived on a Dubai-Hyderabad Air India flight and had concealed the gold paste in their rectums. The gold is valued at around Rs 3.6 crores.</p>
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Customs officials are carrying out further investigation to find the links of the smugglers in the country.</p>
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Dubai is a major gold buying hub as prices are much cheaper than India and no questions are asked from shoppers.</p>
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In a similar incident in July, Customs authorities in Chennai had nabbed a man travelling from Dubai with 810 grams of gold worth over Rs 40 lakh hidden in his rectum, in the form of four bundles of gold paste.</p>
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Customs authorities had earlier in October this year also seized 6 kg of gold from a passenger on a Dubai-Hyderabad flight in the form of gold paste concealed in a rechargeable lantern. </p>
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<strong>Also read: </strong> <a href="https://www.indianarrative.com/economy-news/kg-gold-seized-at-delhi-air-cargo-complex-as-dri-busts-massive-smuggling-racket-129511.html">85.5 kg gold seized at Delhi air cargo complex as DRI busts massive smuggling racket</a></p>

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