Two Mumbai airport cleansing employees held for smuggling 1.6 crore overseas gold

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested two cleansing employees at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, for allegedly attempting to smuggle foreign-origin gold valued at ₹1.6 crore, officers mentioned on Sunday (October 19, 2025).

Investigations point out a smuggling syndicate that used worldwide passengers to hide gold within the plane on arrival, which was later retrieved by the airport employees with insider entry, an official mentioned.

The two accused, workers of an airport companies firm, have been apprehended on Saturday (October 18, 2025) the official mentioned.

The DRI had particular info that foreign-origin gold was being smuggled by way of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Mumbai by concealing it inside the plane and retrieving it by way of insider airport employees.

Accordingly, a discreet surveillance was mounted on the airport. A workforce chief of the cleansing employees was seen hurriedly inserting a packet on the aerobridge staircase upon noticing the DRI sleuths, the official mentioned.

The packet was later recovered and located to comprise gold mud in wax kind, hid below a white fabric, the official mentioned.

The employees member was instantly apprehended and, throughout interrogation, he admitted to hiding the packet to keep away from detection, the official mentioned.

He additional advised officers that his supervisor had retrieved the gold from an plane and handed it to him. Based on his assertion, the supervisor was additionally arrested, the official mentioned.

In whole, 1.2 kg of gold mud of 24-karat purity, valued at round ₹1.6 crore, was seized below the Customs Act, the official added.