Gold bars worth `59 lakh seized

Kozhikode: At least 2 kg gold bars valued at `59 lakh were seized Wednesday at Calicut international airport in Karipur, 30 km from here, and an Air India subsidiary unit staff taken into custody in this connection, DRI sources said. DRI sleuths, acting on a tip-off, intercepted Siddhique, an employees of Air India Air Transport Services, a subsidiary of AI, while he was leaving airport early this morning after his duty. A check revealed he had hidden the two gold bars, shaped like a cell phone and weighing 1 kg each, in his pouch, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence said.