DRI busts gold smuggling syndicate at Mumbai airport; 4 held

Mumbai's Directorate of Revenue Intelligence arrested four people, including a Bangladeshi national, for allegedly running an international gold smuggling syndicate. Officers seized 2.29 kg of gold — hidden in egg-shaped capsules inside socks — after a sting operation at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. The agency is probing hawala links and tracking remaining syndicate members.