1.4 kg of gold seized at Kolkata airport

Customs officials today seized around 1.4 kg of gold bar worth Rs 37.5 lakh from a SpiceJet aircraft arriving from Bangkok at the international airport here.

The gold bars were hidden inside the cushion of seat no, 20-F, customs officials of the NSCB International Airport said.

The gold was found during cleaning of the aircraft after the passengers disembarked.

Investigation is on into the incident, the officials said.