Two Vande Bharat Mission passengers caught with 2kg gold at India airport

Kerala

Two passengers coming from Dubai were caught with 2.28kg gold at Kannur International airport on Tuesday.

According to a report by UNI, the two passengers arrived at the airport on a GoAir flight organised under the Vande Bharat Mission.

A team led by a senior Customs official detained Ismail Meethale Kunnathu and Javed Yousef, residents of Kadavathur in Kannur district, and Narampady in Kasargod district respectively.

The Customs seized 1,316-gram gold valued at Rs6.67 million from Ismail in the form of paste hidden inside polythene covers which were wrapped around his ankles.

Over 972-gram gold valued at Rs5 million was seized from Javed, who had hidden the precious metal in his underwear in capsule form, said the UNI report.