Air Customs Intelligence seized 1.580 kg of gold valued at Rs 48 lakh from a passenger at the nearby Karippur International airport today.
The passenger Suhail, who arrived by a Dubai-Calicut flight, has been taken into custody for questioning, Customs sources said.
The gold was hidden in a computer UPS, they said.
Customs officials had yesterday seized about 3.75 gold from two passengers who arrived in a Sharjah-Calicut flight and Saudi Airlines flight.