700 gms of gold seized from passenger at Cochin airport
Jan 07, 2024
Ernakulam (Kerala) [India], January 7 : The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) at the Cochin airport in Kerala seized over 700 grams of gold from a passenger who arrived from Saudi Arabia's Jeddah on Sunday.
According to Customs Department officials, the foreign-origin gold was in compound form, weighed 797 grams and was valued at approximately Rs 40 lakh.
The passenger was intercepted by AIU officers at the green channel based on profiling.
After examining the passenger, three white capsule-shaped packets were recovered from him, which were suspected to have gold in paste form, they said.
Further investigation is in progress.
Earlier in October last year, Customs officers at the Cochin airport arrested a person and seized foreign-origin 24-carat gold rings weighing 488.50 gms and gold jewellery weighing 130.80 grams. The recovered gold weighing 619.30 gms was estimated to be 33.35 lakhs.
