The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Mumbai Airport Customs have apprehended two persons for allegedly smuggling 2.9 kilograms of gold valued at Rs2 crore, agency sources said on Sunday.
The accused have been identified as M Waghela and Sunil Kadam. According to the Customs sources, Waghela had brought smuggled gold and had handed it over to Kadam in order to take it out of the airport.
The Customs officials who were discreetly monitoring their movements, got hold of the duo and placed them under arrest. The Customs has also seized the gold from them. The sources said that further investigation have been taken up in this matter.