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AIU seizes 1.8 kg gold from Calicut Airport

By ANI | Updated: September 22, 2020 15:55 IST

Air Intelligence Unit has seized 1.866 kilograms of 24-carat gold from Kerala's Calicut Airport on Tuesday.

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Air Intelligence Unit has seized 1.866 kilograms of 24-carat gold from Kerala's Calicut Airport on Tuesday.

As per the AIU, the gold is valued at Rs 95.35 lakh on the international market and was confiscated allegedly from a 45-year-old passenger named Abdul Azeez Mattil, a native of the district.

Mattil had arrived on an Air Arabia flight from Sharah on September 22 at 1 am and had concealed the gold by keeping it in his undergarments, it said.

( With inputs from ANI )

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