Coimbatore: Officials Directorate of Income Intelligence (DRI) captured six leaflets that landed at the city airport with gold more than 6 kg, which they smuggled to the country hidden in trousers and underwear from Sharjah, in early Friday.
The golden value seized was pegged at Rs 2,99,16,042.
Officials attached to the Coimbatore DRI regional unit said they had led to an offer of gold smuggling and based on that they had intensified checking at the airport.
An official said Six had ridden Air Arabia from Sharjah and landed in the city at 3.50 am on Friday.
“We fricked them completely and by the end of the restoring gold they hide in jeans and underwear.
We have won 6kg gold and 117g from them.” The official said Six had melted gold and raised the same thing on their underwear and underwear with the help of some chemicals.
“Weigh 7kg and 907g with chemicals.
We process it and separate gold later.
There is a difference of more than 1kg in body weight.” The official said six – Mannankatti Arumugam, Bajarul Rahman Haji Abdul Hameed, Emayaraj Madhavan, Mubin Ahmed Sulaiman, Rajendran Thirumoorthy and Habeeb Maraikayar Seeni Ibrahimsha – handed over to the customs wing.
“The defendant was a native of Viluppuram, Cuddalore, Ramanathapuram, and the Vellore District.” Other sources said the defendant worked as a driver, construction workers and cellphone repair in Dubai and Sharjah.
“They did not have enough jobs because of the situation of the pandemic and decided to return to their hometown.
Meanwhile, some people approached and told them that they would bear the cost of travel and gave commissions to smuggle gold to India.
Batched by the prospect of making money fast , six agreed but only to be arrested at the airport.
“Customs officials have registered the first information report against six, which is then released by conditional guarantees.
They have been directed to appear in the presence of officials every time they are called.