Surat: In one of the biggest seizures in recent times, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized 48.2 kg of gold paste estimated to worth Rs 25 crore at Gujarat’s Surat international airport from three passengers travelling from Sharjah and an official, a DRI release said.
The DRI said it has busted a smuggling syndicate by arresting the four persons.
“Based on specific intelligence, DRI officers intercepted three passengers arriving from Sharjah by Air India Express Flight No. IX172 at Surat International Airport on July 7 suspected to be carrying gold in paste form to be smuggled into India,” the DRI said in a release on Sunday. The DRI found 43.5 kg of gold in paste form concealed in 20 white colour packets hidden in five black belts in their baggage.
