Overview
- Delhi Customs recovered 170 grams of gold from an Indian passenger arriving from Dubai on Air India flight AI-996 after intercepting him at the green channel.
- Officers found a cylindrical gold piece crafted to fit beneath a plastic bottle cap, with the metal seized under the Customs Act, 1962 and a probe underway.
- Hindustan Times reported that officials arrested the Dubai passenger following the seizure, marking an escalation from earlier statements noting an investigation.
- A day earlier, officers arrested a Myanmar national after recovering six gold bars weighing about 996.5 grams concealed in undergarments, valued at roughly Rs 1.17 crore.
- A video of the bottle-cap seizure has circulated widely as officials note sustained enforcement this fiscal, including 26.269 kg of gold seized in Delhi up to October 15.