Kerala: Air Hostess Arrested for Smuggling Gold in Rectum
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2024-05-31 10:11 GMT
Kannur: Despite a strict vigil by authorities, many incidents of smuggling are reported across the country. Recently in Kerala, an air hostess was caught smuggling gold. Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials revealed that the accused had hidden 1 kg of gold in her private organs.
On May 28, the DRI officials acting on a tip off, checked the air hostess on a flight that landed in Kannur airport from Muscat. Shockingly, the officials found 960 grams of gold hidden in her rectum.
After the investigation, the accused was produced in the court which ordered a 14 day custody. She was shifted to Kannur Women Jail. DRI sources stated that this was the first time in country that the staff of an airline smuggled gold in private parts.
Gold smuggling is a topic that had been rocking the politics of Kerala over the past few years. Smuggling accusations were also leveled against the Chief Minister of the state and recently the arrest of a close aide of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in a gold smuggling case has become a topic of discussion.