NEW DELHI: Indian Customs officials have confiscated 38.430 kilograms of gold at the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
While keeping surveillance on passengers coming in from Herat, Afghanistan, customs officials stopped some female passengers while they were passing through the Green Channel at the airport after landing in New Delhi via flight.
On searching their baggage, 38.430 kilograms of gold in the form of ornaments (necklace, bracelet and chains) valued at Rs 106 million were recovered from them. The gold was seized and passengers arrested.