Smugglers take advantage of domestic leg of international flight to sneak in gold bars from Dubai

Bengaluru | Wednesday | 13th June, 2018

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Investigations revealed that Samudra Reddy was travelling on a ticket issued to Reddy Bethireddy. Additional Commissioner of Customs Harsh Vardhan Umre said that one passenger, Reddy Bethireddy, boarded a flight from Dubai in the UAE to Bengaluru via Goa. | Photo Credit: G_P_Sampath Kumarmore-inAir Intelligence officials busted an international gold smuggling racket and arrested two people for allegedly trying to smuggle gold bars weighing 1.5 kg worth around ?45 lakh into the country. It turned out that Reddy Bethireddy booked a ticket on AI 516 for himself from Bengaluru to Hyderabad. Officials found an invoice for the gold bars, which were purchased in Dubai, among his documents and questioned him..