Passenger held with gold worth ₹3.89 crore at Mumbai airport

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has claimed to person busted a golden smuggling syndicate aft seizing the yellowish metallic worthy ₹3.89 crore astatine the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport successful Mumbai, an authoritative said.

Based connected circumstantial intelligence, DRI officials connected Wednesday (December 31, 2025) intercepted a rider who had arrived from Bahrain.

A hunt of his baggage led to the betterment of 12 capsules filled with golden particulate successful wax form, weighing 3.05 kg, the authoritative said.

The capsules were concealed wrong a h2o tumbler to evade detection. The recovered gold, recovered to beryllium of 24-carat purity, is worthy ₹3.89 crore, helium said.

The precious metallic has been seized, and a probe is underway, the authoritative added.