Kerala: Customs officials seize 2.8 kg gold from passenger at Kannur airport
Kannur, Apr 19 (UNI) The customs sleuths seized 24 gold biscuits weighing about 2.802 kilograms and valued about Rs 91.3 lakh, from a passenger who arrived at Kannur International Airport from Muscat, on Friday.
Customs Assistant Commissioner O Pradeepan told UNI that they seized the gold and arrested the passenger Muhammed Sadhik hailing from Kallachi near Nadapuram in Kozhikode district and arrived at the Airport in an Air India flight this morning.
The contraband gold was kept hidden in a mixie after removing its motor.
He would be produced before a court later in the evening, customs officials said.
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