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Mumbai: Suspecting it had hidden gold, Customs delay flight take-off
Updated On: 11 December, 2014 09:51 AM IST | | Neha LM Tripathi
<p>AI flight had to turn back after officials suspected it was carrying smuggled gold, delaying it by 45 minutes; however, gold worth Rs 1.21 crore had already been seized from it earlier</p>

An Air India flight was delayed by 45 minutes after Mumbai Customs officials delayed its take-off procedure on suspicion that it was carrying smuggled gold. Eventually, it turned out to be a misunderstanding, since officials had already managed to seize gold worth crores of rupees from it earlier.

AIU officials recovered 5 kg of gold, worth R1.21 crore, from the overhead baggage compartment of the Goa-bound Air India flight
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