June 21, 2021 01:56 pm | Updated 01:56 pm IST - Kochi
The gold was seized from a native of Malappuram, who has been taken into custody. (image for representational purposes)
Sleuths from the Customs Department seized nearly ₹1 crore worth of gold from a passenger, who arrived at the Kochi airport from Qatar on Monday.
According to initial reports, the gold was seized from a native of Malappuram, who has been taken into custody. He had landed in Kochi in a Qatar Airways flight. The nearly two kgs of gold was hidden in small portions in a food grinder, reports said.
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