An Air India cabin crew was arrested on March 8 at the Kochi Airport for smuggling gold, officials said.
Shafi, a native of Wayanad, was arrested with 1,487 grams of gold.
The Customs had received information that Shafi, a cabin crew member of the Bahrain-Kozhikode-Kochi service, was bringing gold.
The accused was planning to wrap the gold around the hands and cover the sleeve of the shirt and pass through the green channel, the officials said.
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