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Gold chains seized by Customs dept to be returned to NRI, rules Delhi High Court; Customs dept takes these steps prevent future incidents

An 17 year old girl from United Arab Emirates (UAE) was intercepted at Delhi airport by Indian customs officers and they seized her two gold chains that she was wearing. This passenger was a minor girl travelling with her family from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Delhi, India to attend a relative’s wedding in Kerala. The reason for this seizure was that she was wearing two gold chains weighing a total of 49 grams and having a purity of 937 for which she had not filed any customs declaration form.