Smugglers hiding gold in private parts caught at Bengaluru airport; 5 arrested
India Today
The alleged gold smuggling syndicate was busted by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). The arrests came as a result of what the central agency described as a 'well-coordinated surveillance operation.'
Five persons were arrested at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport in an operation that led to the recovery of gold worth nearly Rs 5 crore. According to sources, the accused had concealed the gold in the form of capsules and paste, hiding it in their private parts to evade detection.
The alleged gold smuggling syndicate was busted by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). The arrests came as a result of what the central agency described as a "well-coordinated surveillance operation" that was conducted over April 6 and 7.
Approximately 3.356 kilograms of high-purity gold was recovered from the five accused, the DRI said in a press note. The precious metal was concealed in paste form within capsule-shaped packets, it added.
The smugglers were intercepted on the basis of "precise and actionable" intelligence, officials said. The accused were arrested from Terminal 2 of the airport, the agency informed, noting that they were part of a "sophisticated smuggling network" involving Bangladeshi nationals as well as "local facilitators".
"Preliminary investigation indicates that the network is part of a larger cross-border smuggling syndicate, involving foreign operatives—suspected to be Bangladeshi nationals—working in tandem with domestic handlers and facilitators," the DRI said in a press note.
According to the agency, investigations have revealed that the smuggling network used a "highly organised and clandestine" modus operandi, wherein the mules arriving from abroad deliberately chose transit routes through Bengaluru with extended layovers to facilitate covert transfer of contraband within the premises of the airport itself.
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