Mumbai, 17 January 2023

 

Based on specific intelligence that gold in paste form is being smuggled into India by a syndicate of passengers who are traveling from Dubai to Mumbai on the 17th January, 2023, surveillance was mounted by a team of DRI officers at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Mumbai. The suspected passengers were identified and intercepted by the team at the airport. A thorough examination of the passengers led to recovery of 8.230 kgs of gold in paste form. The value of the gold is about ₹ 4.54 crores.

Most of the recovered gold was concealed in undergarments of the passengers making it extremely difficult to detect. This is a unique modus operandi busted by the DRI indicating the uphill task faced by the officers of DRI on regular basis to check the syndicates smuggling gold in various forms into the country.

Two persons have been arrested in the above case. Further investigation in the instant case is under progress to unravel the complete chain of persons involved in the illegal inflow of gold into the country.

 

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(Source: DRI) | PIB Mumbai | Sriyanka/Darshana

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