Air India crew member, catering staff held for smuggling gold worth Rs 72.6 lakh: Customs
The Delhi Customs officials have arrested an Air India crew member and a catering staff for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country gold worth value about Rs 72.46 lakh at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport.
According to a senior Customs official, the crew, who had come in a flight from London on Sunday, after seeing the customs officers had secreted the gold in the overhead bin of the aircraft.
“The officers later apprehended the staff of the catering company identified as Ambassador Sky Chef and based on the discussion between the above said crew of Air India and staff of the catering company recovered four ‘kadas’ of gold coated with silver colour from the aircraft on the identification of the crew,” said the senior Customs official.
