Karipur : The Customs Intelligence arrested a cleaning staff at the international terminal of Karipur Airport as he attempted to conceal smuggled gold weighing 1.68 kg. Caught with contraband is 27-year-old Synul Ameed from Karad Veedu in Kolakuth Chalil Kuttikattil .
The gold recovered from his possession is worth 81 lakhs in open market. An overseas passenger who smuggled in the gold handed it to Ameed who was concealing it for later transit, but ran hard on luck.