Gold smuggling racket through Surat airport busted; Four held by Police

Surat: Special Operation Group (SOG) of Surat Police has busted a racket of gold smuggling through Surat airport and nabbed four persons with 7.158 kg of gold worth Rs. 4.29 crore.  Police is in search of another two accused in this case.

Those nabbed were bringing gold to Surat by procuring gold powder in Dubai and mixing a chemical with it. To evade the vigil of customs officers, the accused would keep gold in their underwear and in their shoes. The accused nabbed are Fenil Rajesh Mevani, Nirav Ramnik Davariya, Umesh alias Lakho Ramesh Bhikhariya and Savan Shantilal Rakholiya.

Gold hidden in the underwear and shoes of Fenil and Nirav was recovered. Police investigation revealed that Dubai-based Parth Sharma had asked Umesh and Savan to send persons to take a gold powder to India. In connection with this, Fenil and Nirav went to Dubai and took gold powder from Sharma. Fenil and Nirav also crossed customs and security at Surat airport. They were going to give delivery to one Vicky in Surat, but they were held on the basis of a tip-off.

The accused would carry gold powder mixed with chemicals in paste form and keep it in small pockets made in underwear and in shoes. They were doing this for the last six months. The accused would visit Dubai five to ten times a month. The accused would get Rs. 25,000 per trip to Dubai. The other accused Umesh and Savan would do the final delivery of gold domestically. DeshGujarat