Gold worth Rs 1.4cr seized at Kannur airport

Kozhikode:

Customs

air intelligence unit officials have seized 2.9kg of

gold

worth Rs 1.4 crore from two passengers who arrived at the Kannur International Airport on Tuesday.

Customs seized the gold from Mohammed Shan hailing from Chalakkara in Mahe who arrived by Go Air flight No G8 4013 from

Sharjah

and Ashif Kallil hailing from Valayam in Kozhikode who had arrived in Air India Express flight No IX 742 from Sharjah.

Both of them had concealed the gold in compound form weighing 3.3kg in polythene bags and had concealed it in their shoes.

The seizures were made by officials led by assistant commissioner E Vikas, superintendents Baby V P, Sethumadhavan K P and Jyothi Lakshmi. tnn