Over nine kg gold worth Rs 6.29 crore seized at Bengaluru airport
Bengaluru, Jun 6: The Department of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized more than nine kg gold worth Rs 6.29 crore, an official said on Thursday.
According to the DRI official, these seizures were made on Tuesday morning.
In the first case, the DRI authorities got specific input that a syndicate would conceal gold inside an aircraft.
"The officers of DRI Bengaluru rummaged the Thai Airways flight, from Bangkok, which landed at Bangalore International Airport. The rummaging resulted in recovery of 6.834 kg of gold in bar form and crude form concealed inside abandoned hand bags in the aircraft," the official said in a statement.
Based on the documents found inside the handbags and inputs from the crew, the officers identified the passengers who allegedly left the bags in the aircraft and intercepted two passengers.
After a detailed interrogation, the passengers accepted the gold was concealed by them inside the aircraft, the officer said.
The gold was valued at Rs 4.77 crore by the government-certified assayer. The passengers were arrested and further investigation is in progress.
Hours after the first recovery on Tuesday, 2.18 kg of gold in bar form was recovered and seized by officers of the DRI on rummaging of Emirates flight which arrived from Dubai at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru.
The contraband was concealed in the front lavatory of the aircraft. The gold was valued at Rs 1.52 crore by the government certified assayer.
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Thane police nab two women for stealing ornaments from bus passengers, in public places
Thane (PTI): The Thane Crime Branch has arrested two women for allegedly stealing gold ornaments from citizens and solved nine such cases with the recovery of jewellery worth Rs 37.19 lakh, an official said on Friday.
Senior Inspector Sachin Gaikwad of Crime Unit-I said the accused targeted elderly commuters and passengers on crowded buses.
The latest case came to light after a 72-year-old woman recently approached the police, saying a gold-encrusted purse was stolen from her bag when she was travelling by bus from Kharegaon Naka to Ozone Valley bus stop in Thane.
A team examined CCTV footage from the area and gathered information about the suspects, he said. “Acting on technical inputs and surveillance, the Crime Branch team arrested the two accused women on May 7,” Gaikwad said.
The accused were identified as Sangeeta Dashrath Peethkar (45) and Surekha Bajrang Gaikwad (47), both residents of Mumbai’s Mulund, which is located adjacent to Thane.
Police said the two women are involved in nine theft offences. Gold ornaments collectively valued at Rs 37.19 lakh have been recovered from the duo, said police, adding that further investigation is underway.
