The Air Intelligence Unit of the Customs department arrested a cabin crew member of the Air India Express on the charge of attempting to smuggle gold worth ₹64 lakh through the Calicut International Airport on Wednesday.
Officials said Navneet Singh, 28, of Azadpur, Delhi, was arrested on the charge of carrying two packets of gold in compound form concealed in his shoes. The gold in compound form weighed 1.4 kg. After extraction process, gold weighing 1.25 kg was recovered, they said.