Man held at Chennai airport with gold paste worth Rs 40 lakh hidden in rectum

The man was carrying gold in paste form in his rectum. On extraction, the Chennai Air Customs department found the seizure was 810 grams of 24k gold valued at Rs 40.35 lakhs.

A man was held at the Chennai airport for carrying gold in paste form worth Rs 40 lakh hidden inside his rectum. Based on a tip-off, the Chennai Air Customs department held a man named Chandru Sakthivel at the airport's exit. Sakthivel, 23, a resident of Viluppuram, had arrived from Dubai on Emirates flight EK-544.