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The Directorate of Income Intelligence (DRI) has arrested two cleansing employees at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Worldwide Airport, for allegedly attempting to smuggle foreign-origin gold valued at ₹1.6 crore, officers stated on Sunday (October 19, 2025).
Investigations point out a smuggling syndicate that used worldwide passengers to hide gold within the plane on arrival, which was later retrieved by the airport employees with insider entry, an official stated.
The 2 accused, workers of an airport companies firm, had been apprehended on Saturday (October 18, 2025) the official stated.
The DRI had particular data that foreign-origin gold was being smuggled by the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Worldwide Airport Mumbai by concealing it throughout the plane and retrieving it by insider airport employees.
Accordingly, a discreet surveillance was mounted on the airport. A workforce chief of the cleansing employees was seen hurriedly putting a packet on the aerobridge staircase upon noticing the DRI sleuths, the official stated.
The packet was later recovered and located to include gold mud in wax type, hid beneath a white fabric, the official stated.
The employees member was instantly apprehended and, throughout interrogation, he admitted to hiding the packet to keep away from detection, the official stated.
He additional instructed officers that his supervisor had retrieved the gold from an plane and handed it to him. Based mostly on his assertion, the supervisor was additionally arrested, the official stated.
In complete, 1.2 kg of gold mud of 24-karat purity, valued at round ₹1.6 crore, was seized beneath the Customs Act, the official added.
Revealed – October 19, 2025 01:15 pm IST