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The accused has been working in the Middle East for more than a year, police said.
The accused confessed to the police that he only attempted to get the flight cancelled, and there was no other motive. However, police are looking into other angles as well.
RESAs are meant to mitigate the consequences when airplanes overrun the end of a runway during landing or a rejected takeoff or undershoot the intended landing on the runway.
Malappuram Police said the arrests have given them detailed information about a network that links the drug mafia, which operates between Bangkok and Kerala.
The 327 pilgrims who departed from Kozhikode International Airport on May 21 returned on Monday on two Air India Express flights.
Landing flights on Karipur International Airport's tabletop runway is challenging in adverse weather conditions.
Besides, around 20 services that were supposed to arrive here were affected.
Apart from Karipur, Kannur and Kochi are the two other embarkation points in Kerala.
A recent meeting of airline company representatives convened at the airport also revealed plans to launch additional services to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and expand domestic operations with services to Thiruvananthapuram and New Delhi.
The gold was found in a mixer grinder in the first case while in the second it was concealed in the rectum of the passenger.
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