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Mangalore:
Customs officials at the international airport here have seized 384 gms of gold worth Rs 10.46 lakh from a passenger who arrived in Mangalore from Dubai, airport officials said.
The gold was found concealed in the form of 10-tola bars inside a motor toy-jeep and a toy-dog and the remaining in the form of paint-coated cylindrical objects hidden in the wheels of a stroller-suitcase the passenger was carrying, the officials said.
The passenger from Kasaragod in Kerala had arrived on Monday when the seizure was made, they added.
The gold was found concealed in the form of 10-tola bars inside a motor toy-jeep and a toy-dog and the remaining in the form of paint-coated cylindrical objects hidden in the wheels of a stroller-suitcase the passenger was carrying, the officials said.
The passenger from Kasaragod in Kerala had arrived on Monday when the seizure was made, they added.