Mumbai: The Customs department has seized 12.47 kg of gold and electronic items valued at Rs 8.37 crore during a four-day operation at the international airport in Mumbai and arrested 10 persons, an official said on Monday.
The operation was carried out from April 29 to May 2 at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport here.
Gold was found concealed by various passengers as dust in wax form, gold layered clothes, crude jewellery and bars, in a water bottle, on their bodies and in the rectum.
Five passengers were arrested in this connection, the official said in a release.
An Indian national, working as the airport contractual staff, was intercepted by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and handed over to the Customs sleuths.
