Mangaluru custom officials seize gold worth Rs 36 Lakh at airport

Mangaluru: Customs officials seized 739-gram gold worth Rs 36,43,270 from a lady passenger at Mangaluru International Airport on December 16.

The lady passenger from Thalangara, Kerala had arrived from Dubai.

Officials said the gold was in paste form mixed with solid gum. It was concealed in a grey-colored plastic pouch and stitched inside the undergarment.