New Delhi : Delhi Customs officials have arrested a passenger arriving from Dubai after seizing 170 grams of gold worth over Rs 21 lakh concealed inside a beverage bottle cap at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport.

In a post on X on Sunday, October 26, Delhi Customs said the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) intercepted an Indian traveller who arrived on Air India flight AI-996 from Dubai on Saturday, October 25. The passenger was stopped at the green channel based on profiling, and the gold was detected during an X-ray screening of the passenger’s baggage.

A video shared by the department showed officials extracting a cylindrical piece of gold hidden inside the plastic cap of a PET beverage bottle. The cap had been precisely modified to conceal the metal, making detection difficult.

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