Hyderabad: The officials of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Hyderabad have seized 1420 grams of gold worth about Rs 48, 49, 062 at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad, here.
'Based on specific intelligence, officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Hyderabad, intercepted three Mumbai based passengers who were about to depart to Mumbai in the early hours on Thursday at RGIA, Shamshabad,' a DRI statement here said.
Four elliptical shaped balls wrapped with black colour adhesive tape containing gold in paste form were recovered from 3 passengers.
The elliptical balls were concealed in rectum by two passengers. Inquiry suggests that all the three had earlier arrived by Air India Flight No AI 50 from Mumbai to Hyderabad on Wednesday and smuggled gold in paste form by secreting them in rectum.
Further it was revealed that the said passengers were entrusted with the job of carrying gold in paste form which was given to them by one person in Mumbai Airport.
The passengers have booked their tickets on fake names and possessed morphed Aadhar cards to hoodwink the authorities.
On further examination, the gold in paste form, weighing 1,420 grams, turned out to be having gold content of 1235.44 grams valued at Rs 48,49,062.
05/12/19 UNI
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'Based on specific intelligence, officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Hyderabad, intercepted three Mumbai based passengers who were about to depart to Mumbai in the early hours on Thursday at RGIA, Shamshabad,' a DRI statement here said.
Four elliptical shaped balls wrapped with black colour adhesive tape containing gold in paste form were recovered from 3 passengers.
The elliptical balls were concealed in rectum by two passengers. Inquiry suggests that all the three had earlier arrived by Air India Flight No AI 50 from Mumbai to Hyderabad on Wednesday and smuggled gold in paste form by secreting them in rectum.
Further it was revealed that the said passengers were entrusted with the job of carrying gold in paste form which was given to them by one person in Mumbai Airport.
The passengers have booked their tickets on fake names and possessed morphed Aadhar cards to hoodwink the authorities.
On further examination, the gold in paste form, weighing 1,420 grams, turned out to be having gold content of 1235.44 grams valued at Rs 48,49,062.
05/12/19 UNI
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