Mumbai, March 16 -- Mumbai Customs has seized over 2.99 kg of gold valued at Rs 1.72 crore in five different cases at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA).

"On March 14-15, Airport Commissionerate, Mumbai Customs seized over 2.99 kg of gold valued at Rs 1.72 crores in five different cases," Mumbai Customs said in a post on X.

"Gold was found concealed in dates, body cavity, on the body of Pax," it added.

Earlier, the Mumbai Customs seized over 4.22 kg of gold valued at Rs 2.35 crore, mobile phones and laptops across eight different cases from March 10-12 at the Mumbai Airport.

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