Gold worth ₹1.5 crore seized at Cochin airport

Published - March 04, 2020 11:20 pm IST - KOCHI

The gold trail through the Cochin international airport continued for the second day running when the Customs Air Intelligence Unit seized 3.39 kg of gold worth over ₹1.5 crore from two passengers on Wednesday morning.

The latest seizure was made from a man and a woman -- relatives from Kottayam -- who arrived at the airport from Italy via Doha on a Qatar Airways flight. The accused were arrested and released on bail.

The Air Intelligence unit seized gold worth ₹29 lakh from a passenger at the Kannur international airport on Wednesday.

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