260 grams of gold-like powder seized at Bengaluru airport; 2 passengers detained
CISF personnel at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport detained two passengers arriving from Bangkok for smuggling 260 grams of gold powder. The suspects had concealed the material in their clothing and were offloaded from their connecting flight to Ahmedabad.
Why it matters
The incident underscores ongoing efforts by airport security to curb gold smuggling rackets operating through international transit hubs.
Alert Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), Bengaluru, intercepted two passengers and recovered around 260 grams of gold-like metal in powdered form, allegedly concealed inside the waistband of their trousers, on Thursday.
The incident occurred around 11.30 a.m. at Terminal 1, when the passengers were intercepted on suspicion of carrying a concealed substance.
The passengers were identified as Laxmana Devadiga and Raghavendra Devadiga, both Indian nationals. They had arrived from Bangkok on an IndiGo flight, which landed at Terminal 2 at around 10.15 a.m. They were scheduled to travel onward to Ahmedabad, departing from Terminal 1 at 1.55 p.m. A probe revealed that the duo is suspected to be mules for a gold smuggling racket.
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