Customs authorities at Cairo International Airport in Egypt said they had thwarted multiple attempts to smuggle gold into the country.
In one incident, a passenger who had flown into the city from N’Djamena in Chad was found in possession of more than 29 kg of gold, while another from Al-Ain in the UAE was found with two gold bars weighing a combined 300 grams.
A passenger from the Saudi capital Riyadh was found to be carrying nine gold bars with a combined weight of 500 grams, while a passenger arriving from Jeddah was caught with four gold bars weighing 250 grams.
An Egyptian passenger traveling from Abha in º£½ÇÖ±²¥ was found with four gold bars weighing 430 grams hidden inside computer equipment.
In another case, a woman arriving from Istanbul was found trying to smuggle eight gold bars with a combined weight of 1.8 kg.
Meanwhile, customs authorities at Luxor International Airport said that 22 gold bars with a total weight of 3 kg were found in the luggage of 10 people arriving from Kuwait.
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