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Landing flights on Karipur International Airport's tabletop runway is challenging in adverse weather conditions.
Besides, around 20 services that were supposed to arrive here were affected.
Apart from Karipur, Kannur and Kochi are the two other embarkation points in Kerala.
A recent meeting of airline company representatives convened at the airport also revealed plans to launch additional services to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and expand domestic operations with services to Thiruvananthapuram and New Delhi.
The gold was found in a mixer grinder in the first case while in the second it was concealed in the rectum of the passenger.
A probe into the call records of gold smugglers nabbed from Karipur airport revealed their links with SI Sreejith. An inquiry was launched and he was found guilty.
With regards to Kannur airport, he said the main issue was the non-granting of permission to foreign airlines to operate there.
The Kondotty Police has claimed that it has found evidence linking CISF Assistant Commandant Naveen to a gold smuggling gang.
The restrictions are in place as the related works remain to be completed.
The Calicut Regional Unit, under the Cochin Zonal Unit of the DRI, seized 3.5 kg of cocaine and 1.3 kg of heroin from Rajeev Kumar, a resident of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.