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DRI nabs airport staffers with 6.05 kg of gold worth Rs 4.84 cr in Mumbai

Mumbai, Jan 3 (UNI) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mumbai, intercepted a syndicate of airport staff involved in smuggling gold at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), Mumbai, and seized 6.05 kg of gold valued at Rs 4.84 Cr from four persons, officials said here on Friday.
According to a statement issued by DRI, the staff were involved in the smuggling of gold by retrieving it from the international transit terminal in small batches, consolidating it, and delivering it outside the airport.
DRI officers intercepted two airport staff members when they were transporting the smuggled gold outside the airport. In subsequent follow-up action, two receivers were also apprehended. On examination, 5 oval-shaped capsules and 2 packets of gold dust in wax form were found. On assaying, 6.05 kg of gold valued at Rs 4.84 Cr was recovered. The recovered gold dust in wax form (6.05 kg) valued at Rs 4.84 Cr was seized, and all 4 persons were arrested under the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962. statement further read.
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