Overview
- DRI said it seized 10.488–10.5 kg of 24-carat foreign-origin gold valued at about ₹12.58 crore and detained 13 suspects at CSMIA.
- Those held include two Bangladeshi and six Sri Lankan nationals, two meet-and-greet airport employees, two handlers, and an alleged Mumbai-based mastermind.
- Investigators described a method using transit passengers from Dubai to onward destinations who carried egg-shaped wax capsules internally and discreetly passed them to colluding staff in the international departures area.
- Mumbai Customs reported seven narcotics cases between October 8 and 11, recovering roughly 50 kg of suspected hydroponic weed worth over ₹44 crore from passengers arriving from Phuket, Bangkok, and Kuala Lumpur, with arrests under the NDPS Act.
- In a separate interception, officials rescued multiple protected exotic species from a Bangkok passenger at CSMIA, while Chennai AIU reported recent seizures of over 9 kg of ganja, 594 g of gold, and currency worth ₹51.4 lakh.