OPERATION DHAHABU BLITZ

Mumbai airport: 30 kg gold worth Rs 38 crore caught by customs from 24 women. Here's how they concealed gold bars and jewellery

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 29.37 kg of gold worth Rs 37.74 crore and arrested 24 carriers at Mumbai Airport. This major bust, 'Operation Dhahabu Blitz', targeted a syndicate of female carriers arriving from Nairobi. Separately, DRI also uncovered a sophisticated gold smuggling network at Bengaluru Airport, seizing Rs 5 crore worth of gold.