India, March 14 -- Kannada actor Ranya Rao, who was arrested for smuggling 14.8 kg of gold worth Rs.12.56 crore, revealed about the person who handed her the contraband at Dubai International Airport.

While being interrogated by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), the 33-year-old actor stated that she had received an internet call with instructions to meet a man near the espresso machine in the dining lounge of Gate A, Terminal 3 of Dubai International Airport.

The man she was supposed to meet was described to her on call as wearing an Arab robe or 'Kandura'. Ranya Rao described the man as over six feet tall, well built, with an African-American accent and wheatish complexion.

After she identified the man and met him, they h...