Thiruvananthapuram: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Wednesday seized 7 kg of contraband gold, all in biscuit form, from the toilet of an aircraft which landed at the international airport in Thiruvananthapuram from Muscat.
The agency has confiscated the Jet Airways’ plane in connection with the gold haul. There have been no arrests so far.
The aircraft was scheduled to be cleaned and refuelled for its next trip to Bangalore (with a new set of passengers and crew) when DRI inspectors boarded the plane. It seemed the agency, which included investigators from its Kochi unit, had acted on the basis of specific intelligence.
On verification, they found that no passenger, who disembarked from the flight here, had booked himself or herself on the plane’s next trip to Bangalore.
06/03/14 The Hindu
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The agency has confiscated the Jet Airways’ plane in connection with the gold haul. There have been no arrests so far.
The aircraft was scheduled to be cleaned and refuelled for its next trip to Bangalore (with a new set of passengers and crew) when DRI inspectors boarded the plane. It seemed the agency, which included investigators from its Kochi unit, had acted on the basis of specific intelligence.
On verification, they found that no passenger, who disembarked from the flight here, had booked himself or herself on the plane’s next trip to Bangalore.
06/03/14 The Hindu
