India, March 5 -- A day after Kannada actress Ranya Rao was arrested at Bengaluru International Airport for allegedly smuggling 14.2 kg of gold worth Rs.12.56 crore, officials raided her residence and seized jewellery worth Rs.2.06 crore along with Rs.2.67 crore in cash, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) said on Wednesday.

Rao, 33, who is the stepdaughter of a senior Karnataka IPS officer of Director General of Police (DGP) rank, was intercepted at the airport on March 3 while returning from Dubai. Based on intelligence inputs, DRI officers stopped her after she landed in Bengaluru on an Emirates flight. Upon examination, they discovered gold bars weighing 14.2 kg ingeniously concealed on her body.

Following her arrest, she ...