Chennai, Dec. 10 -- Officials of the Chennai Customs Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) have busteda gold smuggling syndicate at the Anna International airport and seized Rs 11.5 crore gold.
In a follow up action, four people--three receivers and a passenger--were arrested from a hotelnear the airport.
An official release on Wednesday said acting on specific intelligence, the AIU officials interceptedan Indian male crew member of Emirates flight which arrived at the Anna International Airport fromDubai yesterday.
On thorough examination, the crew member was found wearing three velcro bands around his chestand waist. These bands contained ten packets of gold paste packed in white paper.
Upon extraction, 9.46 kg of 24-carat gold worth Rs.11.5 cr...