
Kochi: The Customs department on Sunday seized 1537.45 grams of gold worth Rs 72.13 lakhs in two separate cases at the Kochi airport in Kerala. According to an official statement from the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs department, the officers seized gold ornaments weighing 450.90 grams worth Rs 23.13 lakh from a passenger who arrived here from Muscat via flight WY-225 and 1086.55 grams of gold concealed inside the body of another person in capsules form from the possession of a Doha passenger at the green channel.