Chandigarh International Airport’s custom officials recovered a gold bar worth over Rs 5.6 lakh from the rectum of a passenger landing here from Dubai on March 8
The passenger, who belongs to Ulhasnagar in Maharashtra, was smuggling the bullion concealed in his rectum.
The officials got suspicious of the passenger as he was walking awkwardly while trying to go through the green channel of the Customs here.He had arrived by the Dubai-Chandigarh Indigo flight.
The gold bar was over 180 grams and worth nearly Rs. 5.6 lakh, officials said.
The passenger was taken into custody and being questioned about the smuggling racket.
Officials have made several seizures of gold being smuggled into the country through the Dubai-Chandigarh sector flights in the past less than two years.
