Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized seven kg of gold bars and biscuits smuggled in by a passenger from Singapore at the international airport here on Friday night.
On suspicion, a team of officials checked the belongings of Nawaz Khan (24) of Thondi soon after the arrival of Tiger Airways from Singapore. They found gold bars and biscuits in a handbag.
When the officials quizzed him, he reportedly confessed that he smuggled the gold bars with the knowledge of a health worker in the airport, who had promised to help him smuggle out the gold from the airport. Following this, the health worker was also detained for inquiry.
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Further interrogation revealed that Khan had smuggled seven kg of gold when he travelled from Singapore to Tiruchi on April 13 also.
Gold bars and biscuits smuggled in by a passenger from Singapore