Chennai: An ingenious attempt to smuggle gold hidden under a seat of an aircraft, was thwarted by officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) at Chennai airport on Wednesday. Two persons, including a Sri Lankan national, were arrested.
The officials seized four kilograms of gold, valued at Rs 1.21 crore. Explaining the modus operandi of the smugglers, a DRI source said one person had brought the gold from Dubai to Chennai and kept it under the cushion cover of a seat. The location of the seat was then passed on to another person who took the same flight while it was operated in the domestic sector and removed the gold from under the seat.
14/11/13 P. Oppili/The Hindu
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The officials seized four kilograms of gold, valued at Rs 1.21 crore. Explaining the modus operandi of the smugglers, a DRI source said one person had brought the gold from Dubai to Chennai and kept it under the cushion cover of a seat. The location of the seat was then passed on to another person who took the same flight while it was operated in the domestic sector and removed the gold from under the seat.
14/11/13 P. Oppili/The Hindu
