Woman held with 11kg gold, Rs 1.9 crore foreign notes.

HYDERABAD: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sleuths caught a 50-year-old woman at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Tuesday and seized 11.1 kg gold worth Rs 3.63 crore and Rs 1.9 crore in foreign currency.
What caught the DRI sleuths off guard was the way the Hyderabad woman had managed to hoodwink the customs authorities when she arrived from Dubai in the early hours. The gold was arranged on the smuggler’s self in such a manner that even hand-held metal detectors could not detect it. After recovering the gold and cash, a DRI team conducted a search in a five-star hotel in Gachibowli where the accused has been staying for the last three months. The DRI team is trying to find out why the smuggler has been staying in the hotel though she hails from the city. “The gold and the foreign currency were concealed in seven specially made cloth pouches and socks. The burqa-clad smuggler pinned the pouches and socks to multiple layers of leggings she had worn,” a DRI official said. Acting on specific leads, the DRI team intercepted the woman, who opted for the green channel indicating she was not carrying any items which invite customs duty and successfully passed through customs check. However, the DRI team stopped her before she could exit the terminal and frisked her. During the search, they recovered gold biscuits weighing 11.1 kg and Rs 4.25 lakh worth Singapore dollars and UAE dirhams.
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