The Ministry of Finance said that the syndicate staggered the movement of carriers to reduce the risk of detection. They also operated a melting facility in a highly populated residential area of Delhi. 

DRI busts gold smuggling racket in pan-India operations, seizes 9 kg gold, Rs 8.15 crore in foreign currency

Operation Deep Manifest: DRI seizes 1,115 metric tonne of Pakistan goods, 1 held

Operation Deep Manifest: DRI seizes 1,115 metric tonne of Pakistan goods worth over ₹9 crore, 1 held

Indian Cricketer Krunal Pandya was detained at the T2 International airport in Mumbai by the officials of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) for allegedly being in possession of undisclosed gold and other valuables.

Indian Cricketer Krunal Pandya detained at Mumbai airport

The Centre on Friday authorised select security and intelligence agencies for purposes of interception, monitoring and decryption of any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer resource.

Government empowers security, intelligence agencies for mass surveillance