HYDERABAD: Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) officials of the customs division cracked the whip towards international gold smugglers. The AIU staff went a step farther from just arresting handiest the carriers. They also nabbed six individuals ready outdoor the airport to obtain the gold from the service. AIU also arrested a flooring handling personnel at the RGI Airport.
Based on inputs gained about gold smuggling being performed at the ramp space throughout the airport, AIU sleuths stepped up surveillance. At 12.56am on May three, they observed suspicious movement of a flooring handling personnel close to Parking Bay No. 56L, next to an aero bridge. The sleuths saw the suspect throwing some object at the hours of darkness space underneath the aero bridge and intercepted him.
The suspect identified himself as a helper of Visskan Aviation P Ltd, operating for Indigo within the flooring handling staff. AIU recovered a purse thrown away by the suspect and located 14 gold bars weighing 1.6kg. The price of the gold was Rs 52.1lakh. The suspect was arrested by the customs sleuths. During interrogation, he stated, in response to instructions of a city-based smuggler, he had picked up the gold from a passenger who arrived from Sharjah in an Indigo flight.
Customs sleuths stated the passenger was identified however he and the city-based smuggler are yet to be arrested.According to customs officials, the bottom handling personnel, whose identify has now not been disclosed, was now not on accountability at the time of his arrest.
Based on inputs gained about gold smuggling being performed at the ramp space throughout the airport, AIU sleuths stepped up surveillance. At 12.56am on May three, they observed suspicious movement of a flooring handling personnel close to Parking Bay No. 56L, next to an aero bridge. The sleuths saw the suspect throwing some object at the hours of darkness space underneath the aero bridge and intercepted him.
The suspect identified himself as a helper of Visskan Aviation P Ltd, operating for Indigo within the flooring handling staff. AIU recovered a purse thrown away by the suspect and located 14 gold bars weighing 1.6kg. The price of the gold was Rs 52.1lakh. The suspect was arrested by the customs sleuths. During interrogation, he stated, in response to instructions of a city-based smuggler, he had picked up the gold from a passenger who arrived from Sharjah in an Indigo flight.
Customs sleuths stated the passenger was identified however he and the city-based smuggler are yet to be arrested.According to customs officials, the bottom handling personnel, whose identify has now not been disclosed, was now not on accountability at the time of his arrest.
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