Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Jul 29: The customs authorities recovered 971.59 grams of 24 caret gold from two passengers who arrived at the international airport here by a flight from Dubai on Saturday July 28.
The arrested persons had arrived by different flights. They are stated to be belonging to Kasargod and Kumble.
Both the passengers had stuffed gold in the form of paste form in their rectum. Both were trying to smuggle gold into the country for the first time, it is learnt. The passenger from Kumble had 652 grams of gold worth Rs 22.82 lac with him, while the other one from Kasargod had 422 grams of gold worth Rs 11.17 lac.
One among them has been remanded to judicial custody.