Rs26m gold seized at Kochi airport

Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs department has seized smuggled gold worth Rs26 million from two passengers at the Kochi airport who arrived on a domestic flight from Mumbai.

The two men identified as Syed Abuthahir and Barakaththullah A, who hail from Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu were travelling under fake names of Vasudevan and Arul Selvam respectively.