Airport officials said two persons, residents of Iqbalpur area in the city, sought to board a flight for Kunming in China but their tickets raised suspicion in the mind of CISF personnel in-charge of security at the NSCBI Airport.
Following checking and questioning of the two passengers - Md Ishan and Mustaq Alam - the security men were sure that their tickets were fake.
The two were then arrested, the officials said.
Officials said the gold chains, valued at Rs 14.8 lakh, were kept concealed in containers of a baby cream.
The passenger, Sunil Pandey of Howrah, was detained.
