Gold biscuits worth Rs 90 lakh seized in Kannur airport

Kannur: Twenty gold biscuits worth Rs 90 lakh and found abandoned were seized from a flight that arrived here from Abu Dhabi early on Wednesday, airport sources said.

Security personnel noticed a packet underneath a seat of the Go Air flight during an inspection after all passengers disembarked and informed the Customs personnel who opened it and found the gold biscuits totally weighing around 2 kgs, they said.

Customs officers led by Assistant Commissioner E Vikas seized the gold and further investigations were on, the sources said.