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The Kochi Customs seized 918 grams of gold worth Rs 61 lakh from the passenger from Kuwait.
The investigation was based on the seizure of 1.4 kg of gold worth Rs 1 crore in the first week of July.
The male and female passengers had 1.9 kg and 1.3 kg on cocaine respectively in their stomachs.
He introduced himself as Dr Ram Prasad to his victims, mostly uneducated villagers.
Air India Express will operate two additional services to Hyderabad.
CIAL, which operates the airport, said it has introduced additional parking for taxis at its facility that has a capacity for 2,800 vehicles.
The Customs took help from a lathe workshop to dismantle a product and recover the gold.
The gold was seized from a Palakkad native who flew down from Muscat.
In separate incidents, two unclaimed gold items were seized from two flights.
Another female passenger was held for trying to smuggle gold hidden inside rectum.