Chennai:29 Dec 20 A software engineer working at the Chennai airport and a passenger who arrived from Dubai were arrested for allegedly smuggling gold bars worth ₹ 1.5 crore, the CISF said.They said the security personnel found that the passenger, Niyamatullah Hadi, was behaving in a suspicious manner as he entered a bathroom located in the airport terminal soon after 8 AM.The passenger had landed from Dubai on an Emirates flight.
Security personnel intercepted Nizhal Ravi, a software engineer working with a company called Infosoft Digital Design & Services Pvt Ltd at the airport, after he exited the washroom “in a doubtful manner”, the CISF said in a statement.Two gold bars weighing 3.2 kg, taped onto the waist, were recovered from the employee when he was frisked, they said.
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