Malappuram : Police at Karipur airport comes upon huge gold cache. The smuggled metal, weighing 2.75 kilos, was recovered from a passenger from Bahrain, who’s been taken into custody. The culprit is Balussery native, Abdu Salam, who flew in by Air India on Tuesday.
2018 gm gold came in form of alloy and tied as waist band while 3 gold balls were concealed in the man’s private parts. Cops nabbed Abdu as he stepped outside after Customs clearance. Police have recovered smuggled gold worth Rs 14 crores in similar fashion at the airport in the past two months.