New Delhi: In another large seizure of gold from an airport, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Saturday arrested 27 passengers who were trying to smuggle over 15 kg of gold inside their bodies.
All of them were travelling on a Jet Airways flight from Singapore to Delhi, sources said.
All the arrested persons hail from South India. Each passenger was carrying about 600 grams of gold in their rectum. A senior official said the DRI was acting on specific inputs.
Ever since restrictions were imposed on the import of gold, smuggling has gone up considerably. According to a note prepared for Finance Minister P Chidambaram, the DRI had highlighted that, in a breakaway from the past, the consignments are carried by multiple carriers to minor airports to facilitate easy passage and do away with the risk of the entire stock being seized. There have also been cases when gold was found concealed under seats or inside bags in international flights that operate between domestic destinations.
02/02/14 Appu Esthose Suresh/Indian Express
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All of them were travelling on a Jet Airways flight from Singapore to Delhi, sources said.
All the arrested persons hail from South India. Each passenger was carrying about 600 grams of gold in their rectum. A senior official said the DRI was acting on specific inputs.
Ever since restrictions were imposed on the import of gold, smuggling has gone up considerably. According to a note prepared for Finance Minister P Chidambaram, the DRI had highlighted that, in a breakaway from the past, the consignments are carried by multiple carriers to minor airports to facilitate easy passage and do away with the risk of the entire stock being seized. There have also been cases when gold was found concealed under seats or inside bags in international flights that operate between domestic destinations.
02/02/14 Appu Esthose Suresh/Indian Express
