Hyderabad: Based on specific intelligence, officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) intercepted a passenger at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport and seized gold paste weighing 1,850 gms from his hand luggage.
The passenger who arrived by Spicejet flight SG-1314 from Madurai to Hyderabad in the early hours of Saturday was checked at the arrival hall of the airport. He was found to be carrying two packages in his hand luggage containing paste weighing 1850 grams, which on further examination turned out to be having gold content of 1,120 grams valued at more than Rs.34.57 lakh.
Enquiries by the DRI revealed that the passenger was entrusted the job of retrieving the gold paste during the flight’s domestic run and was smuggled from Colombo and concealed in the aircraft by his associate on its international run from Colombo to Madurai. This was done to avoid customs checks at the international airport.
22/07/18 Telangana Today
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The passenger who arrived by Spicejet flight SG-1314 from Madurai to Hyderabad in the early hours of Saturday was checked at the arrival hall of the airport. He was found to be carrying two packages in his hand luggage containing paste weighing 1850 grams, which on further examination turned out to be having gold content of 1,120 grams valued at more than Rs.34.57 lakh.
Enquiries by the DRI revealed that the passenger was entrusted the job of retrieving the gold paste during the flight’s domestic run and was smuggled from Colombo and concealed in the aircraft by his associate on its international run from Colombo to Madurai. This was done to avoid customs checks at the international airport.
22/07/18 Telangana Today
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