ANI
27 Jan 2021, 19:55 GMT+10
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], January 27 (ANI): The Air Intelligence Unit has seized 1.24 kilograms of gold worth Rs 53 lakhs from two passengers at Kozhikode International Airport, informed the Commissionerate of Customs (Preventive), Kochi on Wednesday.
According to the Commisionerate, one passenger had the gold concealed in capsule form inside his socks and another passenger had the gold concealed in his rectum.
"Calicut AIU Batch C has seized 478 grams of gold compound from a Pax who arrived from Sharjah in Air Arabia flight G9 454. The gold compound was concealed in capsule form inside socks. Calicut AIU Batch C has seized 765 grams of gold compound from a pax who arrived in Flydubai flight FZ 4313 which was concealed in his rectum," tweeted Commissionerate of Customs (Preventive), Kochi.
Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode and Kannur batches of AIU had done similar seizures in several airports in the state, yesterday and the day before. (ANI)
Get a daily dose of New Orleans Sun news through our daily email, its complimentary and keeps you fully up to date with world and business news as well.
Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to New Orleans Sun.
More InformationAUSTIN, Texas: Aviation and aerospace company SpaceX is expanding its presence to align with global demand by setting up a ...
GOTHENBURG, Sweden: Volvo targets to only manufacture electric cars by 2030 by significantly increasing the size of its U.S. South ...
CUPERTINO, California: Apple announced on Monday that all 270 of its store locations in the U.S. have officially opened for ...
Zoom Video Communications' fourth-quarter results trumped forecasts of moderate growth following its meteoric rise in 2020, with revenues surging 369 ...
BENGALORE, India: The Covid vaccine manufactured by Bharat Biotech has been found to be 81 percent effective, in an analysis ...
NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks rallied on Friday following the release of positive economic data.U.S. employers added 379,000 ...
Yemen's Houthi rebels have carried out missile and drone strikes on a Saudi military base and an oil facility, expanding ...
BERLIN, Germany: In a change of policy, Germany has announced it will begin vaccinating those over 65 years-old, while recommending ...
WASHINGTON D.C.: Compromising with moderates, President Joe Biden and Democrats agreed to tighten the requirements for those eligible to receive ...
ANN ARBOR, Michigan: Some 375 University of Michigan students have been banned from entering school buildings because they have not ...
PARIS, France: The French government will not require residents of the Paris region to be locked down this weekend. However, ...
LARISSA, Greece: Central Greece was struck by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake on Wednesday, which was also felt in nearby Albania ...