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Seizes 10 kg smuggled gold worth ₹6.2 crore (approx) at Mumbai airport

05 June 2023: DRI Seizes 10 kg smuggled gold worth ₹6.2 crore (approx) at Mumbai airport. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Mumbai seized more than 10 kg of gold in 2 separate cases on 3rd and 4th June 2023.


Seizes 10 kg smuggled gold worth ₹6.2 crore (approx) at Mumbai airport
Seizes 10 kg smuggled gold worth ₹6.2 crore (approx) at Mumbai airport


In the first case based on specific intelligence, 2 passengers arrived from Sharjah to Mumbai on Air India Express Flight No. IX 252, and were intercepted. During the examination of the said passengers, 8 gold bars of 24 karat having foreign markings weighing 8 kg were found concealed inside their clothes around their waist. Acting swiftly on further intelligence, one more associate of the passengers was apprehended. The gold in bar form weighing 8 kg recovered during examination valued at ₹4.94 crores was seized. Three persons have been arrested in the first case.

Intercepted at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International  (CSMI) Airport

In the second case, one Indian national coming from Dubai was also intercepted at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International  (CSMI) Airport, Mumbai on 3rd June 2023. The examination of the baggage of the said passengers was conducted and during the baggage search, 56 ladies' clutches (purses) were recovered. All the ladies ‘clutches were found to be having ingenious concealment of 24-karat gold in the form of silver color metal wires under the metallic strips of the lady's clutches.


The recovered gold wires were found to be having a net weight of 2005 grams and a provisional value of Rs.1,23,80,875/-. The said passenger was arrested in this case. The second seizure apparently involves well-educated individuals who are directly involved in the planning and execution of the gold smuggling.

In both cases novel modus operandi was detected, indicating the new challenges faced by the officers of DRI regularly to check the syndicates smuggling gold in various forms into the country. The seizure of the foreign marked gold and concealed 24-karat gold in the form of silver color metal wires at Mumbai International Airport serves as a stark reminder of the ongoing battle against gold smuggling.

A total of 10 kg gold valued at approx 6.2 crore

A total of 10 kg gold valued at approx 6.2 crore has been seized and a total of 4 passengers have been arrested in the said cases. Further investigations are underway.

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher–atomic-number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal in pure form. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element. 


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