According to sources, The gold and jewelry were first brought to Hyderabad from Middle-East and now they were attempting to transport it to Mumbai from the domestic cargo at Hyderabad Airport, Custom officials at Airport seized the gold while screening the boxes.

Hyderabad: Customs officials at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Saturday seized 21 kgs of gold and diamonds allegedly transported without documents to Mumbai from the cargo.

This was the first significant seizure after restarting air operations at the Hyderabad Airport due to Coronavirus pandemic.

The gold and diamonds, two kgs were gold biscuits while the remaining were the jewelry weighing 19 kgs. The total cost of the seized jewelry was over 9.4 crore Rupees.

According to sources, The gold and jewelry were first brought to Hyderabad from Middle-East and now they were attempting to transport it to Mumbai from the domestic cargo at Hyderabad Airport, Custom officials at Airport seized the gold while screening the boxes.

Customs officials said efforts have been made on to recognize the individuals behind the gold incident and added that the gold was brought to the city through courier.

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