"During the examination of the said passenger, grey-coloured trunk underwear weighing 649.05-gram gold in paste form was seized," the customs official said.
"The seized consignment was handed over to the Customs department, Champhai on March 14, 2023, for further legal proceedings," Assam Rifles said in a statement on Wednesday.
Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs department has seized 489 grams of gold worth Rs 21.5 lakhs at Kochi airport, the officials said on Saturday.
In yuan terms, total trade in the first two months came in at 6.18 trillion yuan (USD 890.5 billion), edging down 0.8 per cent year-on-year. Exports saw a slight increase of 0.9 per cent while imports went down 2.9 per cent, according to the customs data.
The Customs officials on Sunday recovered four gold bars worth approx 2 crores from the toilet of an international flight at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on Sunday.
The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs department arrested one person from the Kochi airport, seizing 1259 grams of gold, worth Rs 53 lakh, concealed inside his body, officers said on Sunday.
On the basis of profiling done by the officers of the customs AIU A batch, a passenger coming from Sharjah to Kochi Airport by flight G9 426 was intercepted at the green channel.
The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs department has seized a total of 2,216.07 grams of gold worth Rs 97.5 lakh at Kochi airport in two instances, said an official statement on Tuesday.