Secret hand-offs at Mumbai airport: Rs126 million gold, diamond smuggling racket exposed
Mumbai: Indian authorities have busted an alleged international smuggling network at Mumbai airport that used secret hand-offs between transit passengers and an airport staff member to move gold into India and diamonds out of the country. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 8.564kg of 24-carat foreign-origin gold worth about Rs126.4 million and 1,168.97 carats of diamonds valued…
Indian authorities have dismantled an international smuggling network at Mumbai airport that employed secret hand-offs between transit passengers and an airport staff member to smuggle gold into the country and diamonds out. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 8.564kg of 24-carat foreign-origin gold worth about Rs126.4 million and 1,168.97 carats of diamonds valued at around Rs10.9 million.
Eight people were arrested in connection with the operation, which exposed an unusual two-way system where the same airport insider helped move contraband in opposite directions.
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