Customs officers seized 3.608 kg gold compound whereas being smuggled in by 4 passengers who arrived on the Calicut Worldwide Airport on Wednesday. Additionally they seized overseas forex price ₹20.9 lakh from a passenger heading for Dubai.
One lakh Saudi Riyal price ₹20.9 lakh was seized from Ajmal Fahil, 25, who was travelling to Dubai on a SpiceJet flight on Tuesday evening.
Customs officers seized 1.117 kg gold from Mohammed Saibin, 27, who arrived on the airport from Bahrain on a Gulf Air flight on Wednesday morning.
The officers seized 1.119 kg gold from Mohammed Haneefa and 837 gm gold from Kunhahamed Ok., who arrived from Abu Dhabi on an Air India Categorical flight on Wednesday morning.
Two capsules of gold compound weighing 535 gm had been recovered from Favas Kuzhiyancheri, who arrived from Dubai on an Air India Categorical flight on Wednesday morning.
The gold compound was discovered hidden within the our bodies of the passengers within the type of capsules. The Customs officers effected the seizure on the premise of tip-offs.