Mumbai Airport Gold Smuggling Racket: Airline Staff Bhi Pakda Gaya; ₹5.47 Crore Ka Gold Baramad, 5 Arrest.

Mumbai Airport Gold Smuggling Racket: Airline Staff Bhi Pakda Gaya; ₹5.47 Crore Ka Gold Baramad, 5 Arrest.

DRI Mumbai Zonal Unit ne Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport par allegedly operate ho rahe ek organised gold-smuggling syndicate ka pardafash kiya hai.

DRI ke mutabik, transit passengers foreign-origin gold ko wax form mein capsules ke andar lekar aate the. Airport ke transit area mein yeh capsules airline staff ko handover kiye jaate the, jo allegedly gold ko secretly airport ke bahar nikalte the.

Bahar ek handler poore operation ko coordinate karta tha.

Operation ke dauran ek airline staff member ko airport se nikalne ke baad lagbhag 50 km tak follow karke intercept kiya gaya. Uske possession se 3 capsules containing gold dust in wax form recover hue.

Poochtaach ke baad ek female airline staff member aur do aur Indian transit passengers ka pata chala. DRI officers ne surveillance ke dauran dono passengers ko airline staff member ko gold handover karte waqt intercept kiya. Yeh passengers Muscat aur Dubai se aaye the.

DRI ne total 8 capsules se 3.47 kg gold dust, jiski estimated value lagbhag ₹5.47 crore hai, recover karke Customs Act, 1962 ke tahat seize kiya.

Case mein total 5 log arrest hue hain – 2 transit passengers, 2 airline staff members aur 1 handler.