4.5 kg gold seized at Shamshabad airport

Customs officials today seized 4.6 kilograms of gold from a woman passenger who arrived from Bangkok at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad. The woman landed at the airport here this afternoon in Tiger Airways flight. She works as a shopkeeper in Bangkok and was carrying the yellow metal concealed in her dress, a customs official said, adding that the accused hails from Kadapa district. The woman was arrested and further investigation in the case is on, the official said.