India flight: Passenger arrested for smuggling gold worth Rs5.8 million from gulf country

Based on spot profiling, Customs officials apprehended the person and further investigation is underway

Customs at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, on Saturday arrested a passenger who tried to smuggle gold worth Rs5.8 million.

The authority posted on X saying that based on spot profiling, officials apprehended the person who had arrived from a Gulf country.

The passenger has been arrested under the Customs Act, 1962 and further investigation is underway, it said.