New Delhi: Delhi Customs has arrested a passenger arriving from Jeddah after recovering 869.5 grams of 24-carat gold ingeniously concealed inside the tyres of an electric scooter at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport. The seizure was made on August 6 by the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) at Terminal 1 following intelligence inputs and passenger profiling, Delhi Customs said in a post on X. The passenger, who travelled from Jeddah to Delhi via Mumbai on IndiGo flight 6E-6133, was intercepted after arriving at the airport. Watch the video hereA flyer from Jeddah has been held after Delhi Customs seized 869.5g of 24-carat gold concealed inside an e-scooter at IGI Airport. pic.twitter.com/9iloVjqkD3 — The Siasat Daily (@TheSiasatDaily) August 7, 2026Videos and photographs released by Delhi Customs showed officers cutting open the scooter’s tyres before extracting the hidden gold pieces.