Three arrested with 2.6 kg gold worth Rs 1.40 crore at Ahmedabad airport
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Three passengers, including a female, were arrested with 2.6 kg gold by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) at Ahmedabad airport on Tuesday.
Three passengers, including a female, were arrested with 2.6 kg gold by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.
A team of DRI and Customs officials intercepted the three passengers at the airport premises after they landed from a Dubai flight on Sunday, according to a report published in The Indian Express.
The passengers were smuggling gold in the form of capsules and had hidden the capsules inside their rectums.
In total, 11 capsules containing 2,661.800 grams having a market value of Rs 1.40 crore were recovered and seized under the provisions of the Indian Customs Act 1962.
“On enquiry with the passengers, they denied possession of gold, however, DRI officers were suspicious. On further interrogation, all passengers admitted to the concealment of the smuggled goods,” a senior official of DRI Ahmedabad said, as reported by Indian Express.
A preliminary investigation has revealed that all three worked as a carrier for a gold smuggling syndicate that operates out of mainly Chennai and Trichy.
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