Customs Dept seizes 1-kg gold at Amritsar airport

Amritsar: The Customs Department has confiscated one-kg gold after checking a flight at Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport here. According to information, the flight arrived from Dubai at 3.15 pm. During the routine checking, a gold bar weighing one kg, valued at Rs 51 lakh, was found underneath a seat.

Customs’ Commissioner AS Ranga said the gold bar was covered with a black adhesive tape sticking to the bottom of an unoccupied seat of the plane. The recovered gold has been seized under the Customs Act. TNS