LUCKNOW, Oct. 16 -- Customs officials at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow seized 472.100 grams of gold paste worth Rs.70.81 lakh from a passenger arriving from Sharjah on Wednesday. The passenger's suspicious movements during screening alerted officials, who found the gold concealed in a plastic packet tied around the waistband of his underwear to evade detection.

The passenger, identified as Kedar Mahto, a resident of Bihar's Gopalganj district, was detained and taken to the customs department headquarters for questioning. Officials are investigating who had tasked him with bringing the gold to Lucknow and who was supposed to receive the consignment.

According to airport sources, IndiGo flight 6E-1424 from Sharja...