Gold worth ₹66 cr seized from Ahmedabad, Surat airports in 2024
By the end of 2024, officers from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized a total of 93 kilograms of gold worth ₹66 crore from Ahmedabad and Surat airports. Throughout the year, DRI officers conducted several daring operations to catch gold smugglers. One such operation led to the seizure of 48 kilograms of gold in a single case.
On May 24, at Ahmedabad’s International Airport, two passengers arriving from Abu Dhabi were caught with gold paste hidden in their undergarments. Upon receiving a tip-off, DRI officers immediately began tracking them.
The two suspects went to a hotel near the airport circle, where they were joined by members of a Chennai-based smuggling gang. The gang members had arrived in the morning via flight. Just as the delivery of the gold was about to happen at the hotel, DRI’s team arrested 10 people involved in the smuggling and seized 10.32 kilograms of gold, worth ₹10.32 crore.
In April, DRI officers raided a jeweler’s shop in Surat, seizing gold worth ₹10 crore. The gold had been delivered by two passengers who had flown from Dubai to Sharjah and then to Surat airport.
In July, three individuals were caught with 48 kilograms of gold worth ₹25 crore, smuggled in from Sharjah to Surat.
In November, DRI seized gold and 1,400 cigarettes from a woman at Surat airport.
In December, a woman arriving from Dubai was caught with a valuable watch, and another woman at Surat airport was found with gold worth ₹2 crore.
On December 25, DRI seized 3 kilograms of gold, valued at ₹2.35 crore, from a passenger arriving from Bangkok. The gold was cleverly concealed in a compressor’s piston.
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