Chennai Air Customs officials arrested six international passengers for smuggling gold and foreign currency via different means including concealment in wigs, socks, innerwear, rectum.
Based on intelligence, officials intercepted Magroob Akbarali of Ramanathapuram and Zubair Hassan Rafiyutheen of Chennai, who arrived from Dubai. According to officials, the passengers were examined as their hairstyles raised suspicion. On examination, they were found to be wearing wigs over their partly tonsured heads. Two gold paste packets weighing 698 grams were found concealed under their wigs, which on extraction yielded 595 grams gold.
As much as 622 grams of gold concealed as paste in three bundles was seized from Balu Ganesan who arrived via the same flight. The passenger was arrested.
On Saturday, officials intercepted and frisked Anbazhagan, from whom four packets of gold paste weighing 1.5 kg recovered from inside his socks and stitched inside his inner garment. On…