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Gold worth Rs 32.4 lakh seized at Kozhikode airport, one held

Acting On A Tip-off, A Team Of Customs Officials Intercepted A Woman Who Arrived From Muscat By An Air India Express Flight On Monday Morning, A Press Release Said.

PTI | Updated on: 27 Feb 2018, 02:29:16 PM
Gold worth Rs 32.4 lakh seized at Kozhikode airport, one held (Source: PTI)

Kozhikode:

Gold weighing over one kg and worth about Rs 32.4 lakh has been seized at the International airport in nearby Karipur and one person arrested in this connection.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of customs officials intercepted a woman who arrived from Muscat by an Air India Express flight on Monday morning, a press release said.

A search revealed that she had concealed four crude gold bangles and two crude gold chains weighing 1,044 grams and valued at Rs 32.34 lakh, under her burkha.

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The woman was arrested and later let off on bail, it said.

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First Published : 27 Feb 2018, 02:15:27 PM

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