Mumbai: After the Air India plane crash, flight services in India are now back to normal. Some flights have been delayed due to heavy rains. An Air India flight from New York City arrived in Mumbai with passengers. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested an Air India flight crew member soon after the plane landed at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. The crew of Air India A1-116 flight has now been arrested.
Why was the cabin crew arrested?
The cabin crew of Air India A1-116 flight has been arrested on charges of smuggling gold worth Rs 1.41 crore from New York to Mumbai. Gold biscuits weighing 1373 grams were smuggled with the help of a smuggler. DRI officials had received an important tip-off about this gold smuggling. Therefore, the search operation was carried out immediately after the plane landed in Mumbai and the crew was arrested.
No gold was found from the crew during the inspection
DRI officials, who received a tip-off about gold smuggling, directly detained the crew and inspected them. However, during the inspection, they inspected everything, including the crew's bag. However, the officers did not find any gold. However, the suspicions of the officers increased. Therefore, they have decided to interrogate the crew. During the interrogation, the crew revealed the information that they had smuggled gold. Not only this, he also told where he had hidden the smuggled gold.
Based on this information, when the officers conducted the inspection, a gold biscuit was found. Meanwhile, during the interrogation, he said that he had smuggled gold in this way many times. Now the officers are trying to find the network behind this.
The officers have arrested another one of them. During the interrogation, he also admitted to smuggling gold. However, the officers said that this is a big network. They are using the crew of the plane. The officers said that they are using them for this purpose by luring and threatening them.