Overview
- Ahmedabad Customs, which searched IndiGo flight 6E-1478 on June 12, recovered two pouches hidden inside a front lavatory speaker unit.
- Officers found 24 foreign‑origin gold biscuits of 999.0 purity weighing 2,799.3 grams with a domestic market value of about Rs 4.26 crore.
- The items were wrapped in black plastic tape and removed with help from aircraft engineers to access the speaker cavity.
- No one claimed the consignment and Customs classified the gold as unclaimed and seized it under the Customs Act, 1962.
- Investigators have opened a detailed probe to identify the people responsible and to check links to a recurring pattern of smuggling on Gulf‑to‑India flights, including possible pickup schemes by passengers or ground staff.