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MUMBAI: Four people who allegedly tried to smuggle in more than 6.4 kg of gold worth Rs 1.80 crore were arrested at the city airport on Tuesday in two cases. Besides, 1 kg of gold worth Rs 27 lakh was found beneath a seat of an aircraft.

In the first case, Customs officials arrested two Sudanese women, Nada Omer and Manal Omer Mahmoud , who had arrived from Sharjah with 1.4 kg gold worth Rs 40 lakh. Each woman had concealed six gold biscuits in her private parts. The women were going past the metal detector when it beeped. Frisking them revealed gold concealed on their person.

The women surrendered the gold and were arrested and released on bail. In the second case, officials caught one of the two smugglers as he was leaving the airport premises. The officials got an input from the passenger’s associate, Hafiz Abdurrub, who arrived from Dubai and was caught with 2kg of gold bars in the undergarments.

He told officials about his associate. Officials nabbed Sheq Irfan near the exit gate and recovered 3 kg gold from him. The two have been sent to custody. Officials seized 1 kg of gold worth Rs 27 lakh kept under the seat of a plane that had arrived from Dubai.