Mumbai: Dri seized

Mumbai, April 12 (IANS). The Revenue Intelligence Directorate (DRI) seized foreign gold worth Rs 6.30 crore from a passenger at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai. Acted on the basis of specific intelligence information, Dri officials stopped a passenger of Bangkok of the Thai Airways Flight TG 317. During the search, 14 gold bars of the passenger were recovered. The passenger hid the gold very smart in the shoes. The total gold weight weight is 6.735.42 grams and its price is about 6.30 crores. According to a three official, “the passenger hid the golden rods in the shoes. During the interrogation, the passenger told the identity of the potentially smuggled gold recipient. The three also arrested the buyer based on this information.” “During interrogation, the buyer acknowledged that he was involved in the smuggling. Further investigation is being done by seizing the smuggled gold.” Earlier on 14 February, the three said it had arrested three Iran Citizens on the mumbai airport for smuggling Gold. According to an official statement, dri officials in mumbai stopped three Iranian Citizens based on Specific Intelligence, Traveling from Dubai to Mumbai. During the search, the authorities found Seven Foreign Identified Gold Rods of One Kilogram Kept in a bag tied in the waist under the clothes of two passengers and a chopped piece of a foreign identified golden rod.