Bengaluru: The Customs Air Intelligence Unit sleuths at Kempegowda International Airport have arrested a 26-year old engineering graduate, who claims to be running a startup firm, on Thursday on the charges of smuggling gold worth Rs 45 lakh.
According to customs officials, the passenger, Lavanya Subramania, arrived at the KIA in flight number TR 2652 from Bangkok in Thailand via Singapore.
Based on a tip-off, the customs officials intercepted her and checked her belongings.
The customs officials found one gold bar weighing 1 kilogram and three more pieces of gold concealed inside a dummy cell phone cover.
“The total weight of the seized gold is 1,572 gm and it is worth over Rs. 45.78 lakh,” said a customs official.
During the interrogation, she told the customs officials that she runs a startup firm in Mysuru and had travelled abroad to meet clients.