Daijiworld Media Network - Kannur
Kannur, May 31: A female air hostess was apprehended at Kannur Airport in Kerala on allegations of gold smuggling, as per sources from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Friday May 31.
Identified as Surabhi Khatun, the air hostess was discovered to have concealed approximately 960 grams of gold in her rectum. She serves as a cabin crew member for Air India Express and was aboard the flight from Muscat that arrived in Kannur on May 28.
The DRI officials confiscated the gold at Kannur Airport. Subsequently, Surabhi Khatun was presented before a magistrate and remanded to 14 days in custody.
Reports suggest that Surabhi Khatun has been involved in gold smuggling on multiple occasions in the past.