Surat DRI arrests a Blood diamond smuggler

DRI Surat nabbed Shabbir Ahmed, a citizen of Surat, involved in blood diamond smuggling. DRI captured 1298.49 carrot blood diamonds worth Rs 9.22 lakh from Shabbir. The court has sent Shabbir on 14 days remand.

Surat DRI had arrested Shabbir at Ahmedabad International Airport on July 19, soon after he reached Ahmedabad in Amirat flight no. EK-358 from Dubai. Shabbir was taken to Surat where Intelligence Officer of Surat DRI Manish Bhargav seized blood diamonds without Kimberli Process Certificate worth Rs 9.22 lakh from his baggage. Shabbir said he bought blood diamonds from a person in South Africa’s Johannesburg city.