Officers of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs Department seized 278.83 grams of gold worth Rs 9.08 lakh from two passengers at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) here on Tuesday night.
Acting on spot intelligence, the officers intercepted two passengers, hailing from West Bengal and Jharkhand, who had arrived from Bangkok by an AirAsia flight.
On searching their luggage, the officers found white coloured gold rings of foreign origin having purity of 99.99 per cent, concealed beneath buttons of garments and seized them.
The duo was detained for questioning and investigation into the incident is underway.
Notably, after the start of flight services to Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur from the BPIA, they have been a number of seizures of the precious yellow metal by Custom officials.