Acting on a source based information, officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials found "Saffron", "Cigarettes" and "Gold" among other items in the consignments imported through Airport Parcel Sorting Office (APSO), located near the domestic airport at Vile Parle on Wednesday.

Officials said that these consignments were declared to contain "Old Cloth" and "Food Supplements". Detailed examination of these consignments resulted in the seizure of 145 Kgs of "Saffron", nearly 1 lakh cigarettes of 'Gudang Garam' brand, computer processor chips, medicines and "Gold - 1.86 Kgs" collectively valued at Rs 2.73 crore.