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Biggest haul in 5 years: Man held with 24 gold bars
Updated On: 10 January, 2014 01:22 PM IST | | Neha LM Tripathi
<p>A flyer from Dubai was detained at the airport on Wednesday for smuggling 15 gold bars in an emergency light, and nine more in a torch's battery section</p>
No matter how hard gold smugglers try to sneak the yellow metal into the country, they fail to get past the customs officials. On Wednesday, the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the customs department seized 24 gold bars from Poochakkad Abdul Azeez, who had arrived by an Air India flight (AI 984) from Dubai at around 4.30 am.
The bullion weighs 2.8 kg and is worth Rs 68.4 lakh. It was seized by the customs officials from Poochakkad Abdul Azeez, who arrived in the city from Dubai on Wednesday
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