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Dubai Return Passenger Busted at Delhi Airport with Gold Worth Crores Hidden in Machine
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News18•19-10-2026, 17:34
Dubai Return Passenger Busted at Delhi Airport with Gold Worth Crores Hidden in Machine
- •A Dubai-return passenger was detained by the Customs Air Intelligence Unit at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport.
- •Authorities grew suspicious due to the unusual weight and origin of an ordinary-looking floor spring glass door machine.
- •X-ray screening and subsequent inspection revealed that internal parts of the machine were made of pure gold.
- •Customs seized 3.20 kg of gold shaped into rods, valued at approximately ₹4.03 crore in the Indian market.
- •The accused has been arrested, and an investigation is underway to uncover the wider smuggling network.
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A Dubai-return passenger concealed gold rods inside a floor spring machine, which is a mechanical device used for closing glass doors.
Customs officers recovered approximately 3.20 kg of gold cast into rod-shaped parts, valued at around ₹4.03 crore in the Indian market.
The passenger arrived at Terminal 3 of Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on Emirates Airlines flight EK-512 from Dubai.
