The Customs Department's Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) apprehended a UAE national, Yaqoob Mohammad Ahmed Alblooshi, for smuggling gold into India. The agency claims to have seized 9 kg of gold, worth Rs. 4.62 crore from Alblooshi at Mumbai airport during a search, custom officials said.

Alblooshi was carrying a UAE passport and had arrived in Mumbai on March 31 via flight number EK 500 from Dubai. He was intercepted on April 1, while trying to leave the arrival hall through the exit gate after passing the green channel, the officials added.