7 watches worth 28 crores seized at Delhi airport: one worth 27 crores
7 watches worth 28 crores were seized at Delhi airport: one worth 27 crores; Drugs worth 80 crores were seized at Mumbai airport
Illegal goods worth more than Rs 100 crore were seized on Thursday at two major airports in the country. In this, the Customs Department recovered 7 watches from the smugglers from Dubai from Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in Delhi. Their cost is 28 crores. One of these watches is from Jacob & Co. It is studded with diamonds. Its cost is 27 crores. On the other hand, 16 kg of heroin was seized at the Mumbai airport. Its cost is estimated at Rs 80 crore.
IGI Airport Customs Commissioner Zubair Riaz Kamili said that one of the watches recovered belonged to a Rolex company. A bracelet and iPhone have also been seized. The passenger had reached Delhi from Dubai to deliver these goods. No documents related to the goods were found from him. That's why he has been arrested.
Zubair Riaz told that the accused has a showroom of expensive watches in Dubai. There are also showroom branches in many cities of the UAE. According to the commissioner, the accused had come to Delhi to deliver to a high-profile client. The client is a resident of Gujarat.
The accused told during interrogation that the client had called to meet him at a five-star hotel in Delhi, but he did not reach. The accused is in danger of life, so he has not given much information about the client. According to the commissioner, this smuggling is equivalent to smuggling about 60 kg of gold.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has recovered 16 kg of drugs from a smuggler from Mumbai airport. Its price in the international market is estimated to be around Rs 80 crore. It was brought to Mumbai from abroad and was to be taken to Delhi. The accused had received 80 thousand rupees in advance for transporting the drugs to India.
The Mumbai DRI recovered 198 kg of drugs and 9 kg of cocaine from a truck near Vashi on October 1. Its price in the international market was around Rs 1,476 crore. The smugglers were carrying these drugs and cocaine by hiding them in a truck laden with oranges.
