2 held at Mangaluru airport, gold worth Rs 1.3 cr recovered

Mangaluru (Karnataka), April 8 : Customs officials at the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) on Wednesday arrested two persons in two separate cases and recovered 2.8 kg gold valued at around Rs 1.

3 crore from their possession.The arrested persons have been identified as Muhamad Ashraf and Rajeesh, a Customs release said.

Ashraf, who had arrived from Sharjah, was caught with a gold compound concealed under his feet, the release said.The other person, Rajeesh, who arrived here by a GoAir flight, was found with gold concealed in four capsules in compound form in his rectum, it said.