The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Tuesday seized 5.3 kg of gold worth ₹2.3 crore from four carriers in three separate cases at the Cochin international airport.
In the first case, a couple belonging to Malappuram and travelling from Bangkok in an Air Asia flight was held for allegedly carrying 2.5 kg of gold worth ₹1.1 crore. Gold items had been concealed in paste form and found hidden in undergarments, said DRI officials. Two other persons belonging to Malappuram were held for carrying a combined 1.75 kg of gold valued at ₹75.5 lakh concealed in paste form in the rectum. The first passenger was travelling in a flight from Dubai while the second carrier was travelling from Abu Dhabi. In the third seizure, DRI officials found 1 kg of gold worh ₹45.5 lakh in the form of crude chain.
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