India, Feb. 15 -- The Mumbai unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized smuggled gold worth Rs.6.28 crore, allegedly from three Iranian passengers who arrived at Mumbai's international airport from Dubai. The agency seized the recovered gold, weighing 7.14 kilogram, and arrested the three Iranian passengers under the provisions of the Customs Act.

The DRI had acted on specific intelligence that three Iranian nationals travelling from Dubai to Mumbai could be carrying smuggled valuables and had intercepted them. The searches resulted in the recovery of seven foreign-marked bars, each weighing around a kilogram, and a cut piece of a foreign-marked gold bar, DRI sources said.

The smuggled gold pieces were allegedly concea...