Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore
Mangalore, Jun 4: The officers of customs at Mangalore International Airport seized two gold bars, each weighing one kg, from a passenger on Tuesday June 3.
The gold bars, altogether worth Rs 54.2 lac, were found concealed inside the shoes of the passenger.
The passenger, identified as Ibrahim Khaleel Kunil, a resident of Kasargod, arrived at the airport on June 3 at around 10 pm by Air India Express flight IX 384 from Dubai.
Ibrahim was later arrested and produced before N S Patil, principal civil judge, senior division and chief judicial magistrate, Mangalore.
The judge remanded him in judicial custody till June 17.
Operations were conducted under the supervision of Pravin Vinod, assistant commissioner of customs, Mangalore International Airport.
Further investigations are on.