Summary:
On the same day, the agency’s officials also seized 1.13kg of gold worth Rs 37.41 lakh from a group of passengers arriving at Trichy airport from Malaysia.Further investigations are on, a DRI official said. Indian and foreign currency amounting to Rs 33 lakh, believed to be from the sale of smuggled gold and other goods, was seized.DRI officials suspect that the cash was to be routed back through hawala channel. On landing at Chennai airport, the passenger’s job would be to hand the goods over to an earmarked person in the airport parking lot for a small fee. Passengers returning to India from places like Dubai, Singapore and Malaysia would be identified by gang members. The gold was concealed inside the hollow of a seat in the plane..