NEDUMBASSERY: Customs seized illegal gold worth Rs 67.29 lakh from a Japanese native and a Malayali couple at the Kochi International Airport.

721 grams of gold was seized from Mattancherry native Basheer and his wife, who had come to Kochi from Sharjah. Both of them were hiding gold jewellery worth Rs 40.67 lakh in their underwear. 472 grams of gold worth Rs 26.62 lakh was also seized from a Japanese national, Takio Shikama, who was a passenger on the flight from Bangkok to Kochi.

A few days ago, customs seized 2312 grams of gold worth Rs 1.24 crore from Nedumbassery in two separate cases. Mansoor from Kozhikode and Subair from Perumbavoor were caught with 797 grams of gold and 1515.20 grams of gold worth Rs 84 lakh.