A MYSTERIOUS IRON BOX.

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MONTREAL, Sept. .--Capt. Bourges, of the schooner Marie Henrietta, found an iron box in mid-ocean on his voyage here. On the lid being pried open gas escaped, causing the examiners to get out of the way, and no one will run the risk of examining the box any further. View Full Article in Timesmachine.

Hyderabad: The Air Intelligence Unit personnel sleuths at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport seized about. kg of gold in the form of V-shaped bars that were concealed in four iron boxes in place of the heating coil.

The iron boxes were brought by a passenger who landed at the Shamshabad airport from Dubai.

According to security personnel at the airport, they received a tip-off that the gold was being smuggled into the city. They inspected two bags that were part of the checked-in luggage and seized four gold bars worth Rs. crore from a flyer.

The V-shaped gold bars weighing. kg was concealed in four iron boxes in place of heating coils of iron boxes.

Reportedly the passenger was acting as a courier and was directed to hand over the consignment to some people in Hyderabad who would contact him as soon as he landed.

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence DRI officials at the airport seized the illegal gold.