Gold seized at Coimbatore International Airport

Customs officials seized nearly eight kg gold worth almost ₹4 crore from six passengers who arrived at the Coimbatore International Airport on Friday morning. An official said the passengers arrived b

Customs officials seized nearly eight kg gold worth almost ₹4 crore from six passengers who arrived at the Coimbatore International Airport on Friday morning. An official said the passengers arrived by Air Arabia flight from Sharjah. They belonged to different parts of Tamil Nadu. They had not disclosed the gold they were carrying and were stopped before the arrival lounge, based on inputs from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence. They were carrying gold in paste form and it was concealed in their garments. The six passengers will be arrested, the official said. The Coimbatore District Street Vendors Workers Union, affiliated to the AITUC, has appealed to District Collector G.S. Sameeran to permit the vendors to restart business in the same places where they were selling before the lockdown. All the vendors should be given an ID card and a certificate within a stipulated period, it said in a memorandum submitted to the Collector.