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Monday, Jun 9, 2025
Police assume that the gang had smuggled gold worth Rs 25-30 crore through the airport.
Five of the six passengers had hidden gold inside their rectum.
The passenger was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Kochi
The gold packets were found concealed in the magazine holder on the flight.
Officials intercepted two other passengers, who arrived from Dubai on two different flights and recovered gold jewellery weighing over 873 gm.
The two men from Palakkad had arrived in an Air India Express flight from Dubai.
Two separate cargo weighing a total of 410 grams were seized on Monday.
It is learnt that the duo had helped the gold smuggling racket transport around 80 kg of gold through the airport.
No arrests have been made yet in the gold seizure on a Mahe-Chennai flight.
The accused, Rasik Mumthaz, arrived on an Air Arabia flight from Sharjah carrying 24-carat gold weighing 437.35 gms.
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