Three  Sri Lankans have been arrested at the Madurai Airport in South India with a stock of gold of over one kilogramme.

The Hindu newspaper reported that 1,189 grammes of gold valued at Rs.3.6 million Indian  was found in the possession of the suspects, which included two females. Madurai Customs Officials said that the stock of gold was discovered after  an x-ray scan on the suspects’ travelling bags.

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