Kozhikode (Kerala), Sept 15 (PTI) The Customs at the Calicut international airport said here on Thursday that they have seized around 5 kg of gold from a passenger who had arrived from Dubai.

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They said the smuggling of the gold mixed with other metals, worth over Rs 2.5 crore, was done in connivance with two officials of a private airliner in which the accused flew to Kerala.

Apart from the accused, the Customs said they have arrested the two employees of the airline, too.

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The Customs said the modus operandi was such that the airline staff replaced the international tag of the luggage of the smuggler with a domestic flight tag to evade Customs check.

There have been several incidents of gold-smuggling in various forms and different modus operandi mostly by expatriates from the Middle-East.

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