Gold worth Rs 50L seized at Tvm airport

Thiruvananthapuram: Gold worth Rs 50 lakh was seized from three passengers at Trivandrum International Airport on Monday morning. It is the third case of gold seizure reported at Trivandrum airport since repatriation flights started operating to the airport during lockdown.
Officers of Air Intelligence Unit seized the gold from the passengers who arrived in a chartered Emirates flight from Dubai at around 3:40am.Based on suspicion, the passengers were intercepted at the airport. The gold was recovered when the customs officers frisked the passengers. The gold in compound form weighing 1.455kg was recovered from the passengers, identified as carriers who are natives of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
Two passengers had hidden the gold in paste form in the jeans pant worn by them, while one passenger had hidden in his inner garments. The gold was kept hidden in plastic covers. It was retrieved after chemical extraction of the compound form.
A case has been registered and a probe has been launched by AIU. tnn