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Customs recovered gold worth Rs 97 lakh at Kochi airport

The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs department has seized gold worth of Rs. 97.5 lakh at Kochi airport in two instances.  The officials revealed on Tuesday that they has seized a total of 2,216.07 grams gold on Tuesday.

On the basis of the profiling done by the officers of the Customs AIU batch, in the first instance, the officers intercepted a passenger at the green channel, who was coming from Jeddah to Kochi by flight J1 212/J9 405 via Kuwait.

During the examination of the passenger, authorities recovered 4 capsules of gold in compound form, weighing 1059.55 grams that he concealed inside his body. The value of the said amount of gold is approximately Rs. 48 Lakh

In the second instance, the authorities intercepted another passenger who was coming from Dubai to Kochi by flight IX434. During the examination, 4 capsules of gold in a compound form were recovered by the AIU officials which were weighs around 1156.52 grams. The value of these seized gold was around Rs. 49.5 Lakhs.

Reena Choudhary

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