
Customs foils gold smuggling bid at airport
The Hindu
Gold worth ₹30 lakh seized from Malappuram resident
The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs on Friday foiled yet another attempt to smuggle gold through the Cochin International Airport. Customs sleuths seized gold worth around ₹30 lakh from a passenger, a resident of Malappuram, who was intercepted. He was found to have hidden in person 921 grams of gold. The passenger had arrived by an Indigo flight from Dubai on Friday morning. He was released on bail after interrogation.More Related News