Hyderabad: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sleuths suspect a ‘courier’, who was caught trying to smuggle in two kilo gold at RGI Airport, was part of a Chennai-based smuggling gang.
Though the gold was concealed by another gang member, who travelled in the aircraft on its international leg from Sharjah to Thiruvananthapuram, the smugglers retrieved it during the aircraft's sixth and final domestic flight for the day between Indore-Hyderabad, the closest destination to Chennai, the gang’s base.
Keeping a watch on the smuggling gang’s activities, a DRI team intercepted the Delhi-based smuggler, who arrived at the RGI Airport by an Indigo flight from Indore in the wee hours of Sunday. The DRI sleuths seized gold biscuits weighing 1.99 kilo, concealed by the courier in his shoes.
The accused confessed to the DRI interrogators that he had picked up the yellow metal left in the aircraft by his gang members. The DRI team analysed the data and found out that the aircraft’s India-bound international journey on Saturday was from Sharjah to Thiruvananthapuram.
After the aircraft reached Thiruvananthapuram from Sharjah at 9.06am on Saturday, it continued to operate on the domestic circuit for the rest of the day.
From Thiruvananthapuram, the plane operated as a domestic carrier to Hyderabad and reached the RGI Airport at 12.34pm. However, the gang did not pick up the consignment during the trip, suspecting surveillance on the first domestic journey after an international trip.
21/01/19 Mahesh Buddi/Times of India
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Though the gold was concealed by another gang member, who travelled in the aircraft on its international leg from Sharjah to Thiruvananthapuram, the smugglers retrieved it during the aircraft's sixth and final domestic flight for the day between Indore-Hyderabad, the closest destination to Chennai, the gang’s base.
Keeping a watch on the smuggling gang’s activities, a DRI team intercepted the Delhi-based smuggler, who arrived at the RGI Airport by an Indigo flight from Indore in the wee hours of Sunday. The DRI sleuths seized gold biscuits weighing 1.99 kilo, concealed by the courier in his shoes.
The accused confessed to the DRI interrogators that he had picked up the yellow metal left in the aircraft by his gang members. The DRI team analysed the data and found out that the aircraft’s India-bound international journey on Saturday was from Sharjah to Thiruvananthapuram.
After the aircraft reached Thiruvananthapuram from Sharjah at 9.06am on Saturday, it continued to operate on the domestic circuit for the rest of the day.
From Thiruvananthapuram, the plane operated as a domestic carrier to Hyderabad and reached the RGI Airport at 12.34pm. However, the gang did not pick up the consignment during the trip, suspecting surveillance on the first domestic journey after an international trip.
21/01/19 Mahesh Buddi/Times of India
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