Mangaluru : Customs officials at Mangaluru International Airport  seized 0.8 kg of gold valued at 44.2 lakh from a passenger hailing from Madikeri on Thursday.

Joint Commissioner, Customs, Mangaluru, Joannes George said in a statement that based on intelligence inputs, officials intercepted the passenger, Ubaid Baliyath Azeez, after he arrived from Dubai by an Air India flight IX 1814.

The passenger have concealed the gold in paste form in his rectum. It was recovered and seized.