The crew, identified as Shafi, is a resident of Kerala’s Wayanad, news agency ANI reported.
Kochi | Air India cabin crew Shafi, a native of Wayanad, was arrested at Kochi Airport for smuggling 1,487 gms of gold. The cabin crew was of Bahrain-Kozhikode-Kochi service. Further interrogation underway: Customs Preventive Commissionerate pic.twitter.com/1nxVzF2fA7
— ANI (@ANI) March 8, 2023
The Customs officials arrested him on Wednesday following secret information that he was carrying illegal gold.
The Customs Preventive Commissionerate learned that Shafi, a cabin crew member of the Bahrain-Kozhikode-Kochi service, was bringing gold.
The officials said that he was planning to smuggle the gold wrapped around his wrists under his shirt sleeves and pass through the green channel, said the report, adding that he is being further interrogated.