‘Gold dust and smuggling in four bags were smuggled in pants’, Gold worth 3.67 crores recovered at Mumbai Airport – Gold Smuggling Mumbai Airport Custom Seized Gold Dust Arrest Four NTC

Custom officials in Mumbai recently seized gold worth Rs 3.67 crore and arrested four people, including a woman. On the night of Thursday and Friday at the International Airport in Mumbai, custom officials exposed this big gold smuggling.

The officials first detained a person named Pradeep Pawar on suspicion, who worked at the airport. Gold pouches were recovered from his pants, which he had hidden. In the initial interrogation, Pawar said that he had met this gold transit passengers and had to hand over it to Mohammad Imran Nagori.

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Imran told Anshu’s name, both arrested

After the arrest of Imran Nagori, he revealed Anshu Gupta’s name. Anshu Gupta also worked as a sales colleague at a restaurant at the airport. She allegedly acquired commission for smuggling. Anshu has also been arrested and he is being questioned.

Used to help Sona out of the airport

According to officials, three of these accused were working in various shops in the airport and they were helping the smuggling racket members take the gold out of the airport. After succeeding in exposing this organized smuggling, the Customs Department is taking more care to ensure that such incidents do not happen in the future.

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It has become clear from this arrest and gold vengeance that smuggling cases may increase with the connivance of internal staff of the airport. Taking this concern seriously, the Custom Department is now taking steps towards ensuring following all the guidelines.