Woman attempts to smuggle gold worth 29 lakhs inside sanitary pad, held

KOCHI: Gold worth Rs 29 lakh that was concealed within a sanitary pad was confiscated by customs officials at Nedumbassery airport. The gold was seized from a Tirupur native woman, who had arrived from Dubai.

The woman tried to escape with the gold through the green channel. The customs officials, who got suspicious, immediately subjected her to a body search. The gold was found hidden during the body search. Following this, the Customs took her into custody. The woman tried to smuggle 679 grams of gold inside a sanitary pad.