India News | Kerala: Customs Seize Gold Worth over Rs 22 Lakh at Cochin Airport

Kochi (Kerala) [India], November 26 (ANI): Cochin Customs apprehended a male passenger on Sunday with two white-coloured packets containing gold worth over Rs 22.66 lakh.

According to customs, a male passenger who had arrived from Dubai at Cochin International Airport on was intercepted at the green channel.

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"On the basis of profiling done by the officers of AIU Batch, two numbers of white coloured packets containing gold in compound form were found concealed inside the cuffs of the t-shirt worn by the pax. Also, the passenger had two new iPhone 15 Pro in his checked-in baggage, which he did not declare at the counter," an official said.

Customs said that the two white-coloured packets weighing 493 grams of gold and the two phones had been seized.

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Further investigation is underway. (ANI)

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