Father-daughter among three arrested for smuggling at IGI Airport

New Delhi: Three people, including a father and his daughter, were arrested at the international airport in New Delhi for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country gold bars valuing over Rs 2 crore. While the father and daughter had arrived from Doha, another man known to them had boarded a flight from Dubai.[caption id=“attachment_1292731” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Gold bars. Reuters[/caption] They were intercepted at the airport after their arrival in New Delhi on Tuesday by customs officials. Officials did not find anything during their personal checking and baggage examination. However, the officers found gold biscuits in trolleys being used by them to carry their luggage out of the airport,official sources said. The customs officials recovered nine gold bars of one kg each and collectively valuing Rs 2.2 crore, they said. The accused father-daughter duo hails from Ahmedabad while the third man from Mumbai, the sources said. Another man was arrested from the airport last week for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country 1.2 kg of gold bars. The accused, a native of Ghaziabad, was intercepted by customs officers after his arrival from Bangkok on 4 January. On thorough personal search of the passenger, who was in his early thirties, 16 gold bars were found concealed inside the insoles of the shoes worn by him. “The recovered gold bars totally weighed 1,220 grams (about 1.2 kg) and was collectively valued at Rs 28.77 lakh,” a customs official said. PTI