Gold rods, plates worth Rs 71 lakh seized at Kochi Airport

Gold rods and plates worth over Rs 71 lakh have been seized by Customs officials from a passenger at the international airport here.
The gold, weighing 2,717.800 gm with market value of Rs 71,96,734 was seized from the passenger hailing from Palakkad, who arrived here from Dubai yesterday, a release by the Customs department said.
An eight-member team of Air Intelligence Unit under the Customs department at the Kochi International Airport, Nedumbassery, effected the seizure of the 24-carat gold under the provisions of Customs Act, 1962, it said.
Last week, these officials had also seized 200 gm gold concealed in a mobile phone and another 248 gm gold mixed in moisturiser and facial scrub.