Acting on a tip-off, the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Mumbai Customs caught two passengers smuggling gold in the wee hours of Wednesday. Karamvir Sirohi landed from Dubai and was heading to Kathmandu. His partner in crime, Sanjeev Kumar, was going to Delhi from where the plane was to take off to Shanghai.

The belt tightens: After AIU officials found 4 kg of the yellow metal concealed as wires inside the eyelets of the belts and hats, they arrested the two men who had exchanged the bag