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Lankan nabbed with smuggled gold in Chennai

Sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Friday intercepted nine passengers who arrived from Colombo at the Chennai airport with smuggled gold worth Indian Rs. 2.5 million.

They stopped nine passengers - one Sri Lankan and eight from Tamil Nadu, who arrived from Colombo, and began an inquiry.

After two hours of inquiry, the passengers confessed to have smuggled the gold.

The passengers were later handed over to the customs officials for further investigations. DRI officials said that the nine could be part of a larger network in the city involved in smuggling.

DRI officials said they acted on a tip-off that passengers arriving in a flight on a private airline at the airport had concealed gold in their baggages.

DRI officials said six passengers had 27 hooks or buckles made of gold - each weighing about 30 to 35 grams and coated with black paint.

Two small pieces of gold were found inside a talisman worn by one of the passengers, while two more pieces found in ayurvedic pain ointment bottles. Two rings made of crude gold were found on the person of two passengers.

Thirty-four pieces of gold weighing 984 grams were seized.

"The Gold price differs in Sri Lanka compared to Indian and the passengers we identified were frequent travellers bringing gold from there.

The passengers had only hand baggage and they carried everything in it. The hooks or buckles they carried were hung in zipper bags. They removed and showed them to us," said Additional Director General (ADG), DRI C.Rajan.

"We suspect a person from Mannadi, could be involved in the smuggling.

These passengers pass on the gold to an agent, who in turn pass it on to another and finally it reaches the jeweller.

We have handed over the case to the Customs Authorities," he said.

 

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