Acting on inputs, the Chinese woman was intercepted by the customs officials after her arrival from Hong Kong on Thursday.
"On personal search of the passenger, four gold bars totally weighing 4 kgs valued at Rs 1.03 crore were recovered. One another Indian passenger was found in connivance in smuggling activities with the Chinese passenger," a press release issued today by the customs said.
Both the passengers were arrested and later released on bail, a senior customs official said. The gold bars have been seized.
In addition to this, about 15 kgs of gold, valued about Rs 4 crore, have been seized by the customs department in the first week of this year from passengers who were trying to smuggle it through the airport.