Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad zonal unit of the directorate of revenue intelligence (DRI) busted a smuggling racket run by a syndicate operating from Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Nagpur and Bangalore. Acting on an input from DRI Ahmedabad, the air intelligence unit of Customs at Mumbai airport nabbed three persons and recovered 3.15kg of foreign-origin gold from them. Nearly 2kg of gold was seized from two other persons, at Bangalore and Nagpur, respectively.
DRI officials received intelligence that a smuggling syndicate was operating at Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Nagpur and Bengaluru airports. Its officers kept watch and apprehended a member of the syndicate at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport and recovered 1kg of gold being smuggled in from Dubai.
The accused had smuggled the gold in the form of 24-carat chains and bangles, said DRI officials.
Three other members of the syndicate were caught by the air intelligence unit at Mumbai airport, from whom 3.15kg of gold was seized. Officials said, “One of the three persons had concealed 1.2kg of gold in his rectum. He received the bullion at Dimapur in Nagaland from an international smuggler. The international smuggler had brought it into India from Bangkok via Myanmar.
03/04/18 Times of India
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DRI officials received intelligence that a smuggling syndicate was operating at Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Nagpur and Bengaluru airports. Its officers kept watch and apprehended a member of the syndicate at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport and recovered 1kg of gold being smuggled in from Dubai.
The accused had smuggled the gold in the form of 24-carat chains and bangles, said DRI officials.
Three other members of the syndicate were caught by the air intelligence unit at Mumbai airport, from whom 3.15kg of gold was seized. Officials said, “One of the three persons had concealed 1.2kg of gold in his rectum. He received the bullion at Dimapur in Nagaland from an international smuggler. The international smuggler had brought it into India from Bangkok via Myanmar.
03/04/18 Times of India
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