In yet another such instance, officials of Air Intelligence of Customs seized 612 gram of gold worth Rs 22 lakh from two
passengers at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) here on Thursday.
Acting on an intelligence report, Customs sleuths intercepted the two passengers, who arrived at the city airport from Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur.
During the search, the gold was found concealed in plastic boxes in the form of capsules.
The two passengers are residents of Chennai in Tamil Nadu. The police have launched a probe into the matter.
On Wednesday, the Customs officials had seized gold worth over Rs 5 lakh from a passenger at the airport. The passenger, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, had landed at the airport from Bangkok.