Kochi: Customs officials at the Cochin International Airport at Nedumbassery seized about 400 gm of gold from two Sri Lankan nationals here on Sunday.
The two women, Fathima Ansar and Rafeeqa Dawood, arrived at the airport on Sunday morning.
Officials said they concealed the gold inside special pockets sewn into their burqas.
The gold bars were coated with silver and are estimated to be worth about Rs.13 lakh in the market.
A woman was killed and her parents gravely injured when the car they were travelling in rammed a wall at Manjapra near Angamaly on Sunday around noon.
Asha, 25, daughter of Nandakumar, was seated on the front left seat of the car with her father driving the vehicle and mother in the back seat.
19/01/15 The Hindu
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The two women, Fathima Ansar and Rafeeqa Dawood, arrived at the airport on Sunday morning.
Officials said they concealed the gold inside special pockets sewn into their burqas.
The gold bars were coated with silver and are estimated to be worth about Rs.13 lakh in the market.
A woman was killed and her parents gravely injured when the car they were travelling in rammed a wall at Manjapra near Angamaly on Sunday around noon.
Asha, 25, daughter of Nandakumar, was seated on the front left seat of the car with her father driving the vehicle and mother in the back seat.
19/01/15 The Hindu
