New Delhi: An air hostess was arrested for allegedly smuggling close to one kilogramme of gold from Muscat to Kannur by hiding it in her rectum, according to a source from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). Acting on specific intelligence from DRI Cochin, officers from DRI Kannur intercepted Surabhi Khatun, a Kolkata native and cabin crew member, upon her arrival from Muscat at Kannur International Airport on May 28.
During a personal search, officers found 960 grams of gold in compound form concealed in her rectum, the source further said. Following interrogation and the completion of necessary formalities, Khatun was presented before the jurisdictional magistrate and subsequently remanded to a women’s prison in Kannur…
