4.9 kg smuggled gold seized at Hyderabad airport

Based on specific intelligence, officers of the Directorate of Revenue (DRI) reportedly, intercepted one customer Service Officer of Indigo Airlines near the exit gate of international arrivals and recovered from him 42 pieces of foreign marked gold packed into two packets wrapped with adhesive tape.

Hyderabad: DRI officials at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport seized 42 pieces of foreign marked gold from an officer of Indigo Airlines on Saturday.

Based on specific intelligence, officers of the Directorate of Revenue (DRI) reportedly, intercepted one customer Service Officer of Indigo Airlines near the exit gate of international arrivals and recovered from him 42 pieces of foreign marked gold packed into two packets wrapped with adhesive tape.

On being questioned, the accused said that he received the packets from two passengers who visited Dubai from Emirates Flight No. EK-528 on October 4.

DRI seizes 4.9 kg smuggled gold at Hyderabad airport

After examing, the gold bars which weighed 4891.200 grams were found to be of pure 99.9%.

The actual value of the gold bars is Rs. 1,84,88,736. The gold has been seized under the Customs Act, 1962.

Three persons have been arrested and further investigation is going on in this matter.