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Seized gold bars on display at a police station in Ahmedabad city in India's western state of Gujarat in 2015. Gold smuggling is a major problem for the Indian authorities as the yellow metal is prized both as jewellery and as an investment for a rainy day.
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Nirmala Ganapathy India Bureau Chief In New Delhi, Nirmala Ganapathy
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Gold smuggling has been a persistent problem in India's southern state of Kerala.
The smuggling stopped after the government shut down all economic activity and suspended international flights at the end of March to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
