Archive · 11 Sep 2026
DRI Seizes Rs 5.5 Crore Gold Dust at Mumbai Airport
The DRI is a government agency that investigates smuggling.
It said officers found 3.5 kilograms of gold dust at Mumbai airport.
The gold was estimated to be worth Rs 5.5 crore.
Four people were arrested, including two airport workers.
Officials believe they may have been part of a larger smuggling group.
The article’s headline says the seizure was worth Rs 3 crore, but the detailed report gives the value as Rs 5.5 crore.
In another case, officers found gold bars with a passenger at Nagpur railway station.
The DRI also described other operations involving illegal wildlife trafficking.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence said it seized 3.5 kilograms of gold dust valued at Rs 5.5 crore at Mumbai airport.
Four people, including two airport staffers and two transit passengers, were arrested.
Officials alleged that the accused were linked to an international gold-smuggling syndicate operating through the airport.
In a separate Nagpur operation, the DRI seized 2.165 kilograms of gold worth Rs 3.09 crore from a train passenger.
The DRI also reported six other operations involving wildlife seizures and at least 13 arrests across India.
- Who
- The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence arrested four people at Mumbai airport, including two airport staffers and two transit passengers.
- What
- The DRI seized 3.5 kilograms of gold dust valued by officials at Rs 5.5 crore; it also reported separate gold and wildlife-smuggling operations.
- When
- The Mumbai airport seizure was announced on Friday; the Nagpur operation occurred the previous month, according to the article.
- Where
- The main seizure took place at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, with another gold seizure at Nagpur Railway Station.
- Why
- Officials said the suspects were allegedly involved in an international gold-smuggling syndicate, while the Nagpur seizure followed intelligence about gold brought across the India-Bangladesh border.
- Main seizure
- 3.5 kilograms of gold dust
- Reported value
- Rs 5.5 crore, according to the DRI statement
- Mumbai arrests
- Four people, including two airport staffers and two transit passengers
- Nagpur seizure
- 2.165 kilograms of gold, estimated at Rs 3.09 crore
- Nagpur concealment
- Officials seized 16 gold bars from a passenger at Nagpur Railway Station
- Wildlife operations
- Six operations reportedly seized leopard pelts, live Indian Star Tortoises, Tokay Geckos, pangolin scales and tiger bones
- Reported discrepancy
- The headline states Rs 3 crore for the Mumbai seizure, while the article body and official statement state Rs 5.5 crore