Ahmedabad: Airport authorities at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport seized around 5 kg of gold dust concealed in plastic plates. The gold seized on Wednesday is estimated to be worth Rs 33.9 crore, considering the market price of gold at Rs 67,800 per 10 grams in the city on that day. Authorities from the air intelligence unit (AIU) of Ahmedabad Customs, who handled the operation, confirmed the gold's origin from abroad but declined to provide further specifics. It is l...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Customs department confiscated 1kg of gold bars from ground staff members at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport last week. Customs officials had stopped a handling staffer on suspicion. Upon searching him, the staffer was found with two gold bars and a pouch containing gold paste. During questioning, he revealed that a passenger inside the airport had given him the gold. The passenger was intercepted, and a total of 1kg of gold was recovered. Both accused individual...Read More

Ahmedabad: A first-time smuggler successfully smuggled gold worth Rs. 50 lakh by carrying it in his body. However he faced horrific time after he stepped out of the airport. A police complaint has been filed at Airport police station in the city in this regard. Arif Sheikh(21), resident of Navrang Maholla in Nagarwada area of Vadodara has in his complaint stated that he smuggled gold worth Rs. 50 lakh and came out of Ahmedabad airport terminal-2. Unidentified persons then kidnapped him and to...Read More

Surat: Police has nabbed Farhan Patel in Rs. 25.26 crore gold smuggling case in which 48.20 kg gold is seized by DRI. DRI has alleged that Farhan Patel had smuggled one kg gold and handed it over to Mumbai. In another trip to Dubai, Farhan had handed over 1 kg gold to immigration officer at Surat airport in washroom. Farhan was produced in court and sent on one day remand. Police have earlier arrested Uvesh Imtiyaz Sheikh, Sakib Mustak Atashbajiwala and Yasir Sheikh in this case along wi...Read More

Surat: The customs department made another gold seizure at the city airport, recovering 603 grams of gold paste valued at Rs 36 lakh from a passenger arriving from Sharjah on Monday. The passenger had concealed the gold paste capsules in his rectum. One Afsar Ahmed (29) upon his arrival from Sharjah was nabbed by the Customs officials. Acting on specific information, he was stopped and the gold was recovered from him. An investigation is underway to determine his potential involvement in a la...Read More

Surat: As a part of Operation Goldmine, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 48.20 kgs of Gold Paste at Surat International Airport. This is one of biggest gold seizures at an airport in recent times. Based on specific intelligence, officers of DRI intercepted 3 passengers arriving from Sharjah by Air India Express Flight No. IX172 at Surat International Airport on 07.07.2023 suspected to be carrying gold in paste form to be smuggled into India. Examination of their hand b...Read More

Surat: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized liquid gold worth Rs 49 lakh from two passengers, including a woman arriving at Surat airport from a Sharjah flight. The passengers were carrying gold in their rectums. The DRI is currently interrogating both individuals and suspects that they may have brought gold on previous occasions as well. The DRI received information about these two passengers carrying gold on a Shahjaha flight, prompting officials to set up surveillance a...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport at Ahmedabad is fast turning into a hub for smuggling. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Sunday seized 8 kilograms of smuggled gold worth Rs 4.21 crores from a passenger arriving from Dubai. The passenger made a sensational revelation that he was supposed to deliver the smuggled consignment to an employee on duty at the airport. The DRI had arranged a watch at the airport after receiving a tip-off that a passenger arriving from Du...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Revenue Intelligence has succeeded in exposing an entire gang responsible for smuggling gold at the Ahmedabad International Airport and arrested Sahil Firozkhan Pathan (native of Limbayat in Surat) as well as Mohammed Pakhali. A terminal manager of the Airports Authority of India and three members of the housekeeping staff have also been arrested in this regards. As much as 3849.12 grams of smuggled gold worth Rs 2.02 crore has been seized from Sahil and Pakhali, who arrived as...Read More