Kerala: Smuggled gold worth Rs 1.04 cr seized from train passengers

By ANI | Published: November 18, 2020 08:55 AM2020-11-18T08:55:19+5:302020-11-18T09:15:03+5:30

The Customs Preventive Unit (CPU) on Tuesday seized 1.989 kilograms of smuggled gold bars and cut-pieces from two passengers traveling on a train from Chennai to Alleppey.

Kerala: Smuggled gold worth Rs 1.04 cr seized from train passengers | Kerala: Smuggled gold worth Rs 1.04 cr seized from train passengers

Kerala: Smuggled gold worth Rs 1.04 cr seized from train passengers

The Customs Preventive Unit (CPU) on Tuesday seized 1.989 kilograms of smuggled gold bars and cut-pieces from two passengers traveling on a train from Chennai to Alleppey.

The seized gold has a market value of about Rs 1.04 crore.

As per the Commissionerate of Customs (Preventive), Kochi, the gold was secretly concealed in the waistbands of the duo.

In a similar incident earlier this week, the Kerala Air Intelligence Unit detected four capsules of gold compound weighing 674 grams from the possession of a passenger at Kannur International Airport.

( With inputs from ANI )

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