While searching, nine pockets of gold dust in wax form were found hidden inside his underwear, in stitched pockets in the jeans, and under his kneecap, said a source.
The entire operation of DRI is based on the information obtained from the investigations related to a May 2022 case in which DRI seized 5kg of smuggled gold from the Air Cargo Complex, Mumbai.
An Air India bus driver was apprehended in a gold smuggling case after customs officials at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (CCSI) Airport, Lucknow seized 3149.280 grams of gold from a passenger who had arrived at the airport from Muscat.