Ahmedabad customs officials intercepted two passengers arriving from Abu Dhabi and seized 3.05 kg of smuggled gold, cleverly hidden inside a pair of jeans in their luggage. The ₹2.80 crore worth of 24-carat gold, consisting of two gold bars and one gold coin, was discovered.

According to Customs officials, late Sunday night, two passengers arriving on an Akasa Airlines flight were behaving suspiciously. This prompted officials to interrogate them. However, both passengers failed to provide satisfactory answers.

The officers then instructed them to pass through a door frame metal detector scan, but nothing was detected. Subsequently, their luggage was inspected, and customs officials discovered a total of 3,050.74 grams of gold hidden inside a pair of jeans.

The seized gold consisted of two gold bars and one gold coin, all made of 24-carat pure gold, with an estimated value of ₹2.80 crore.

Both passengers, who had traveled from Abu Dhabi to Ahmedabad, were arrested. One of them was carrying 1,543.19 grams of gold, while the other had 1,507.55 grams of gold. Authorities are now investigating who provided them with the gold and who was supposed to receive it in Ahmedabad.

For the past two months, carriers from Abu Dhabi and Jeddah have been attempting to smuggle gold into Ahmedabad, but their attempts have been repeatedly caught by customs officials. Over the past two months, ₹15 crore worth of gold has been seized by customs officials.