Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in Chennai seized gold bars weighing seven kg, worth Rs. 1.90 crore, kept hidden in the toilet of an aircraft that flew in from Singapore, on Saturday.
Four persons were arrested in connection with the smuggling.
The DRI authorities said they had specific information of a gang trying to smuggle in gold from abroad by concealing it in the toilet of the aircraft.
Following this, the authorities searched the aircraft that came from Singapore. They found packets containing gold bars inside the toilet.
On suspicion, they intercepted two passengers — Syed Abuthahir (23) and Mohamed Azaruden (22) of Chennai — who confessed to smuggling the gold.
The two men also told the authorities that their accomplices — Radhakrishnan (44) and Salahudeen (33) — were assigned to retrieve the gold when the same aircraft flew in the domestic sector later in the day.
The officials arrested all four men and further investigation is on.
