Hyderabad, Aug. 22 -- A suspected gold carrier gave customs officials the slip at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport this week, shoving a senior officer aside and bolting mid-search even as authorities extracted nearly Rs 91 lakh worth of gold paste he had been caught carrying.

According to The Times of India, the accused, TP Sadakkathulla, a resident of Kannur district in Kerala, landed at the Hyderabad airport on an IndiGo flight from Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday morning. Air Intelligence Unit officers, acting on a tip-off, intercepted him at the arrival hall. He was carrying only a backpack, but a scan turned up a black packet of gold paste.

During questioning, Sadakkathulla reportedly told officials he had picked up the packet fro...