Air Customs officials seize gold worth Rs 47 lakh at Kannur Int’l Airport, one held

Kannur, May 19 (Representative) Air Customs sleuths on Wednesday seized 967 grams of gold valued around Rs 47 lakh from a passenger who arrived at Kannur International Airport from Sharjah in an Indigo flight. Customs Assistant Commissioner E Vikas-led team detained Ummerkutty of Thaliparamba in this district in this connection. The seized gold was in compound form and was concealed in his inner-wear, Customs sources said.