Int'l smuggling racket busted at mum airport; DRI seizes 3 kg gold
MUMBAI, May 21 -- The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a "highly organised" gold-smuggling syndicate operating through Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, seizing 3kg of smuggled foreign-origin gold worth Rs.4.8 crore and arresting a food outlet employee allegedly tasked with ferrying the contraband out of the airport.
The syndicate used transit passengers arriving from foreign destinations to smuggle gold into the country. The carriers allegedly ingested gold dust packed in wax and concealed inside egg-shaped capsules before landing in Mumbai.
It was then allegedly handed over to a cleaning staff employed at a food outlet. Investigators said the employee's role was to discreetly collect the contraband and deliver it to designated receivers outside the airport.
The DRI seized the gold allegedly collected by the staffer and has launched a wider probe to identify other members....
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