Woman Held with 11 Kg Gold Hidden in Her Specially Made Cloth Pockets and Socks at Hyderabad AirportTop Stories

May 29, 2019 12:51
Woman Held with 11 Kg Gold Hidden in Her Specially Made Cloth Pockets and Socks at Hyderabad Airport

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The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Tuesday seized 11.1 kg gold from a female passenger at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad.

According to authorities, the gold was worth Rs 3,63,52,500 and added that an additional amount of Rs 1.5 crore in foreign currency, was also seized from the hotel that she was staying in.

Media reports stated that she had arrived at the airport in Shamshabad on an Emirates flight and had traveled business class from Dubai. She was stopped at the exit gate at around 3 a.m., based on a tip-off.

“There was specific intelligence about the female passenger carrying gold from Dubai to India. The foreign-marked gold was concealed in specially made cloth pockets and socks along with the foreign currency of around Rs 4.25 lakh. The foreign currency was in the form of Singapore dollars and UAE dirhams. The foreign currency seized at the five-star hotel was the sales proceeds of gold. She had exchanged Indian currency for foreign currency, to carry it out of the country, purchase the gold and smuggle it to India. She was making a minimum of Rs 3 lakh profit selling a kg of gold,” a senior official from DRI, Hyderabad told Deccan Chronicle.


A case was registered under the Customs Act,1962, and DRI officials said that further investigation was underway. They were also attempting to ascertain if the accused was part of a larger nexus or a bigger racket.

By Sowmya Sangam

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