Archive · 23 Jul 2026

Gold worth Rs 1.13 crore seized at Ahmedabad airport

Gold worth Rs 1.13 crore seized at Ahmedabad airport

Customs officers at Ahmedabad airport stopped a tour operator and his passengers who came from Abu Dhabi.

They found gold hidden in the passengers' pockets.

The gold was worth a lot of money, over Rs 1.13 crore.

The officers think the tour operator gave the gold to the passengers to smuggle it into India.

The tour operator was arrested.

This is not the first time gold has been found hidden at the airport.

Earlier, gold was found in a woman's handbag and inside another woman's burqa.

Even more gold was found hidden in a speaker box of an airplane.

The officers are still investigating to find out more about these smuggling attempts.

Sources