2 Mumbai airport staffers among 4 held for smuggling gold worth Rs 4.84 cr

January 03, 2025 22:02

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The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence on Friday arrested four persons, including two airport staffers employed at a duty-free shop, for allegedly smuggling six kilograms of gold worth Rs 4.84 crore at the international airport in Mumbai, officials said.

The two staffers of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport were involved in smuggling gold by retrieving it from the international transit terminal in small batches and delivering it outside the airport, an official said.

"The DRI officials had received specific information about a gold-smuggling syndicate involving the airport staff, following which the officials mounted surveillance on them," he said.

The Mumbai unit of the DRI intercepted two airport staff members when they were transporting the smuggled gold outside the airport, he said.

"After their interrogation, two receivers were also apprehended by the DRI officials," he said.

During their search, the DRI officials found five oval-shaped capsules and two packets of gold dust in wax form weighing 6.05 kilograms worth Rs 4.84 crore, the official said. -- PTI

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