Over 1 kg of gold worth Rs 32.78 lakh seized in Kochi airport

Undeclared gold totally weighing over one kg and valued at Rs 32.78 lakh was seized by Customs personnel from three Keralites who arrived at the airport from different countries in the past two days, a top official said today.
One of the seizures was made yesterday while the other two today by officers of Air Intelligence Unit, Air Customs, Commissioner of Customs Sumit Kumar said here.
They seized 251 grams of gold bars and cut pieces valued at Rs 7.69 lakh kept concealed in the rectum of the passenger on his arrival from Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
Gold weighing 349.5 grams and worth Rs 10.75 lakh was found in between tuna meat cans carried by a passenger who landed here from Dubai.

In the second seizure, four gold bars totally weighing 466.5 gms and valued atRs 14.34 lakh were recovered from a passenger from Sharjah, Kumar said.