Gold worth ₹70 lakh was retrieved from the private parts of a passenger who landed at the Jaipur International Airport on Thursday, a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) official said.
Smuggling mastermind Ajay Fageria, who was accompanying him, was also arrested, he said.ALSO READ: Woman arrested after police chase for smuggling MDMA from Bengaluru, hid drugs in private parts
Accused got off flight arriving from Riyadh
The passenger had gotten off a flight coming from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Acting on a tip-off, as soon as de-boarding started, agency sleuths began looking for the passenger.ALSO READ: 2 Tanzanian nationals held in drug trafficking case from Phagwara
He was stopped for a customs check, but nothing was found on him.
{{/usCountry}}He was stopped for a customs check, but nothing was found on him.
{{/usCountry}}During questioning, however, he betrayed an aberrant behaviour.
With their suspicions now strong, the officials took him for an X-ray, which revealed gold hidden in his private part in the form of paste.
The man then gave up Fageria, who too had come on the same flight.
According to the agency, Fageria paid anything between ₹10,000 and ₹20,000 per trip to gold carriers.