Chennai Gold Biscuits Worth Rs 26 Crore Recovered

In a major catch, Customs and CISF officials today seized gold biscuits worth Rs. 26 crore which were found dumped in a dustbin at the airport in Chennai.

The gold biscuits, weighing 7.5 kg, were found wrapped in a plastic bag and dumped in the bin which was noticed by house-keeping staff who in turn informed officials, airport sources said.

CISF and Customs officials recovered the gold and are probing as to who had dumped it there.

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Cleaner held with 6 kg gold at Mumbai airport

A cleaner deployed at the newly built Terminal-2 of the Mumbai international airport has been apprehended for allegedly smuggling about 6 kgs of gold.

According to officials, a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan deployed for airport security suspected the movements of the cleaner who works at the facility as part of staff of a maintenance firm.

Upon frisking, the CISF authorities recovered close to 6 kgs of gold from his baggage, sources said.

The employee, identified as Ganpath, has been handed over to police and Customs authorities for further probe.

The authorities are also scanning the CCTV footage of the terminal area to check the movements of the cleaner and the people he had met.