Malappuram: Six kilograms of gold, smuggled in as three foreign parcels were seized by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in Munniyoor here on Sunday.
Six people, including a woman, were also arrested for their involvement in the case.
Officials said they had received a tip-off of gold being smuggled into Kerala through foreign parcels. When three parcels from Dubai reached the foreign parcels office in Kochi recently with three different Kozhikode addresses on them, DRI started tracking them.
When the parcels reached respective sub-post offices, sleuths found six people arriving to collect them. Officials apprehended them and found out about the operation. The gold was smuggled hidden in kitchen appliances and iron boxes, sources said.
Asiya from Munniyoor, Yasir and Renish from Malappurram, Shihab, Jasee, and Jasir from Kozhikode were the ones held, reported Manorama News.
The parcels came to the addresses of Asiya, Jaseel and Jasir. Reportedly, Shihab has smuggled gold in through the same channel, before too. The total value of the parcels is estimated at around Rs 3.5 crore.
