DRI seizes over 4 kg of gold worth Rs 1 crore from Air India aircraft at Shamshabad

HYDERABAD: More than 4 kg of gold, worth Rs 1 crore was seized by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), from a flight which landed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad.

Based on specific intelligence, officers of the DRI Hyderabad Zonal Unit seized 4.232 kg of gold from Air India flight AI-951 yesterday, a DRI release stated today.

The flight arrived from Visakhapatnam and was bound for Dubai, while it had arrived in Mumbai from Dubai earlier, the release stated.

"The gold was ingeniously concealed behind commodes inside rear toilets of the aircraft. Officers of DRI retrieved and seized 4.232 kg of gold of foreign origin valued at Rs 1.07 crore along with the packing material under provisions of the Customs Act," the release stated.

Further investigations are on, the release said.