Coimbatore: Customs officials here seized gold and other items worth Rs 1 crore from seven flyers, including two women, on Wednesday.
The officials had received a tip-off about some passengers in the Air Arabia flight from Sharjah that landed in Coimbatore at 3.30am. They confronted Deivani Radhakrishnan of Chennai and Vasanthi Ramaswamy of Pudukottai after the metal detector was activated.
“They had concealed gold in paste form inside the sanitary pads they were wearing. We extracted 1,195.6gm gold worth Rs 62.46 lakh,” a statement issued by the customs department said.
The officials also caught two men from Chennai, two from Pattinam and one from Ilayangudi. “They had smuggled 100gm gold in their luggage, and cigarettes and liquor worth Rs 46 lakh.”
The directorate of revenue intelligence seized the contraband goods. Further investigation is underway.