Kerala: Smuggled gold worth Rs 1.04 cr seized from train passengers
Nov 18, 2020
Kochi (Kerala) [India], November 18 : The Customs Preventive Unit (CPU) on Tuesday seized 1.989 kilograms of smuggled gold bars and cut-pieces from two passengers traveling on a train from Chennai to Alleppey.
The seized gold has a market value of about Rs 1.04 crore.
As per the Commissionerate of Customs (Preventive), Kochi, the gold was secretly concealed in the waistbands of the duo.
In a similar incident earlier this week, the Kerala Air Intelligence Unit detected four capsules of gold compound weighing 674 grams from the possession of a passenger at Kannur International Airport.
