Officers of Customs Air Intelligence Unit seized 899 grams of gold costing around ₹47 lakh from a passenger at the Kannur International Airport on Friday.
The gold was seized from Haseeb Abdullah Haneef, a resident of Chengala in Kasaragod, who arrived by an Indigo flight from Abu Dhabi.
The passenger tried to smuggle gold, in the form of a gold compound capsule, by concealing it inside his body. He was arrested and released on bail. Investigation is on.