400 gms gold seized from Jordanian student

Hyderabad: A Jordanian student studying in Osmania University was caught with four gold bars (24-carat) totally weighing 400 gms and valued at Rs 12.16 lakhs on Sunday.

According to Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) officials, the accused was identified as Ibrahim S Ghazwi, who is residing at International Students Hostel in OU. He arrived on Sunday morning on an Emirates Airlines from Amman via Dubai.

The gold bars were concealed on body in the front side small pocket of his blazer and he crossed the exit gate with an intention to evade payment of customs duty. “Based on profiling by the Customs officers of the AIU, RGIA, the gold was seized from the foreign national.” Investigation is going on.