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SL gang rents Chennai airport shop, smuggles 267kg gold in two months

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June 30, 2024

Racket was uncovered when customs caught shop's sales executive with 850g gold paste

- SIDDHARTH PRABHAKAR

SL gang rents Chennai airport shop, smuggles 267kg gold in two months

SRI LANKAN gold smugglers rented out a retail shop in the departure lounge of Chennai international airport through a Chennai resident and have managed to successfully smuggle 267kg of gold worth 167 crore through the owner and employees of the shop in two months, Chennai Customs said on Saturday. The agency has busted this massive gold smuggling racket and arrested nine people a Sri Lankan passenger, Sabir Ali, owner of the retail shop Airhub', and his seven employees. The shop selling toys and souvenirs had entered into a contract with Vidvedaa PRG, a company which has taken the shops on lease inside the airport premises.

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