Customs officials at the Mangaluru International Airport have seized 969 grams of g♍old valued at Rs 60,07,800 from three passengers who arr🤡ived here by an Air India Express flight from Dubai.
The seizure was made on December 11, a Customs release here said on Th🌌ursday.
The confiscated gold, in the form of 24-carat yellow-coloured paste, was ingeniously conceale𝓰d inside the soles of the shoes worn by two passengers.
Another passenger had hidden the gold withi﷽n chocolate boxes and bedspr🎃ead packets, the release said.