Customs officials at Trichy international airport seized foreign currency of 29,950 Euros from a passenger about to board a flight, officials said on Sunday.
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"During the examination of the said passenger, one white coloured stripe, suspected to be gold in a compound form totally weighing 281.88 grams concealed in the specially stitched cavity of jeans pants worn by the passenger were recovered and seized," the customs department added.
Two passengers were held for allegedly smuggling 4.65 kilograms of gold estimated to be worth Rs 2.55 crore by hiding inside their luggage in two separate incidents on Thursday, said officials of Kozhikode Airport.
Earlier on January 6, altogether six kg of heroin and cocaine worth over Rs 47 crore were seized in two separate cases at the Mumbai airport, customs officials said.