Indian custom authorities have foiled a major attempt to smuggle a big quantity of gold by seizing 63 kg of precious metal within 24 hours at the Visakhapatanam international airport.While so far the seizure of gold from the passengers coming mostly from the Gulf was a regular feature at the Hyderabad airport, this time the scene of operation shifted to Visakhapatanam.Customs authorities said that the major haul of gold was seized during the search of three aircrafts since Sunday night till this Monday morning. 70 passengers were detained for questioning and further details were likely to come to light only after their questioning was complete.The gold was recovered from the flights of Air Asia coming from Malaysia, Silk Air from Singapore and Air India from Dubai. Suspected passengers form these aircrafts were detained by the authorities as no body came forward to claim the consignment of gold.
