Mumbai, Feb. 14 -- Acting on specific intelligence, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Mumbai intercepted three Iranian nationals who were travelling from Dubai to Mumbai and seized 7.143 kg of gold worth over 6 crores.

As per DRI officials, after a thorough search, 7 one-kilo foreign-marked gold bars and one cut piece of a foreign-marked gold bar were recovered from the waist bags concealed under the clothes of two of the passengers.

The total weight of the smuggled gold was 7.143 kg, with an estimated value of Rs 6.28 crores.

In their voluntary statements, the two passengers admitted to smuggling the gold under the direction of the third passenger, a claim that was corroborated by the third individual.

The gold was seized...