Two passengers were caught with gold jewellery worth ₹48 lakh and 1,400 cigarettes at Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPI) on Wednesday.

Amid tight security of customs officials at the airport ahead of year-end,  a woman passenger arriving in Ahmedabad from Abu Dhabi was found to be carrying 18 carat gold jewellery worth ₹34 lakh. The passenger was also found to be carrying 1,400 cigarettes.

Another passenger arriving in Ahmedabad from Jeddah was also questioned by customs officials. The passenger was found to be carrying a rhodium-coated gold chain worth ₹14 lakh. The gold chain was not detected by the customs X-ray machine because it was coated with rhodium.

With the arrival of new baggage screening machines at Customs, passengers will no longer be able to smuggle customs duty.

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