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- Customs officials arrested a Bangladeshi national at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on Monday for smuggling gold.
- The man was flying from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia to Dhaka and was intercepted in the international transit area of Terminal 3.
- Security officers recovered three oval-shaped capsules containing gold in chemical paste form, weighing about 1,596 grams, concealed inside the man's undergarments.
- The passenger admitted to carrying the gold from Jeddah and said he had been asked to hand it over to someone in the transit area at Delhi airport.
- Officials seized about 1,346 grams of gold under the Customs Act, 1962 and arrested the man, showing Delhi airport remains a key route for gold smuggling between the Gulf and Bangladesh.
What to watch next
- Identification of the person the passenger said he was to hand the gold to in the transit area.
- Further customs action against the arrested passenger under the Customs Act, 1962.
- Any indication of a larger smuggling network linking Jeddah, Delhi and Dhaka.
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