Air Customs officials seize gold worth Rs 50 lakh at Kannur Airport

Kannur, Jan 11 (Agency) Air Customs sleuths on Monday seized 973 grams of gold valued around Rs 50 lakh from a passenger who arrived at Kannur International Airport from Dubai in an Air India flight. Customs Joint Commissioner S Kishore-led team detained Sidhik of Kasaragod district in this connection. The seized gold was in the compound form and was concealed in his underwear, Customs Superintendent N Raju said.