Unclaimed gold seized from plane in Chennai

Unclaimed gold was seized from a plane which arrived in Chennai from Dubai, Customs department said on Sunday.

Customs sleuths at airport here recovered two packets wrapped in black adhesive tape, beneath cushion of one of passenger seats in aircraft.

On opening packets, gold in paste form was recovered, Commissioner of Customs Rajan Choudhry said in a release.

In ar incident, authorities recovered gold which was concealed in rectum of a 49-year-old passenger who arrived from same flight.

value of gold seized in two incidents was Rs 23.6 lakh and an investigation was on, he said.