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DRI seizes gold dust worth Rs 5.5 crore at Mumbai airport, four arrested
Updated On: 11 September, 2026 11:44 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Those arrested include two employees working at the airport and two transit passengers. Officials suspect that the accused were allegedly linked to an international syndicate involved in smuggling gold through the airport

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The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 3.5 kg of gold dust worth around Rs 5.5 crore at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai and arrested four people, including two airport staffers and two transit passengers, officials said on Friday.
The seizure was made as part of the agency's ongoing crackdown on the smuggling of precious metals through the country’s major transport hubs.


