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Kochi: 423g gold worth over 22 lakh recovered from passenger's rectum in Kannur Airport

Kochi: 423g gold worth over 22 lakh recovered from passenger's rectum in Kannur Airport

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Kochi (Kerala) [India], November 10 (ANI): The Kerala Air Intelligence Unit seized 423 grams of gold worth Rs 22,20,750 from the rectum of a passenger at Kannur International Airport on Tuesday.
As per the Commissionerate of Customs (Preventive), Kochi, the suspected passenger was taken to an X-Ray clinic and two capsules were found in his rectum.
In a similar incident on Saturday, 1,456 grams of gold was seized from a passenger who arrived from Dubai. The gold had been concealed in compound form and wrapped around the passenger's ankles. (ANI)

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