An Individual Arrested With Gold Worth Rs 1.3 M

A person was apprehended by Customs Officials yesterday (27), at the Bandaranaike International Airport, while attempting to smuggle out gold biscuits to Chennai.

Three gold biscuits and Three other pieces of gold, weighing 225g, were discovered in the handle pipe of the suspect’s luggage.

The value of the gold was estimated to be of about Rs 1.3 million, according to the Customs officials.

The 44 year old suspect and his luggage had been hand over to the Customs officials for further investigation.

The suspect was fined Rs 250,000 for the offense and the gold was confiscated.