Gold worth Rs 76 lakh seized from Thiruvananthapuram airport

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The ongoing crackdown against the gold smuggling racket in the state seems to be have little effect as the customs department on Monday night seized 1.5 kg gold from a passenger, who had arrived from the UAE. The air intelligence wing of the Customs department seized the yellow metal from a Kottayam native, who had arrived from Sharjah on an Air India Express flight. The sources said the gold was hidden beneath the passenger’s seat. Sources said the compound weighed 1.9 kg out of which 1.5 kg was found to be gold.