By Shakir Husain
NEW DELHI, Aug 27 (NNN-BERNAMA) — A Malaysian woman was arrested with smuggled gold worth 25 million rupees (US$349,358) at Chennai’s international airport.
Indian customs officials, acting on a tip-off, arrested the passenger on Sunday after they found 12 gold bars weighing 6.5 kg in her baggage.
The 41-year-old told Air Intelligence Unit officials that the gold was to be delivered to an unknown person outside the airport, according to a customs press release on Monday.
K. Saravanan, consul-general of Malaysia in Chennai, told Bernama that local authorities are further investigating the case.
Earlier this month, a Malaysian man was arrested at Chennai airport in an attempt to smuggle diamonds worth US$318,462 (RM1.34 million) into India.
