Mangalore: Sleuths of Directorate Revenue Intelligence (DRI) busted part of a four-member gang of international-domestic gold smugglers arresting three of them and recovered 500 grams of gold worth Rs 12.5 lakh from them on Sunday. While one passenger was arrested at Mangalore International Airport, air intelligence unit personnel at Mumbai nabbed two others based on information given by DRI at Mumbai airport and recovered gold there.
Informed sources in know of the operations of this gang told TOI that they smuggled gold in small quantities on a regular basis from the Gulf. "Gang chose flights that connect domestic stations after an overnight international trip," the sources said. Accordingly, MKP Nazar, 33, resident of Vadakara in Kerala arrived by the Jet Airways flight from Dubai that touched here this morning. This flight later took off for Mumbai by the time DRI sleuths could reach it.
21/04/13 Jaideep Shenoy/Times of India
