A married couple was arrested at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport right here for allegedly attempting to smuggle 45 hand weapons into the nation, customs officers mentioned on Wednesday.
The officers who made the arrest mentioned a ballistic report will verify whether or not the weapons are actual or not.
“But in a preliminary report, the National Security Guard (NSG) has confirmed that the guns are fully functional,” an official mentioned.
The accused, who arrived right here from Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City on Monday, had been positioned beneath surveillance by the officers.
The husband and spouse duo have been accompanied by their toddler daughter. The male passenger was carrying two trolley baggage, which have been handed to him by his elder brother who had arrived from Paris virtually on the identical time and day because the couple’s flight from Vietnam landed right here, the customs division mentioned within the assertion.
The elder brother, after handing over the trolley baggage, “slipped out of the airport,” it mentioned.
The lady passenger too was an energetic a part of this plan as she helped her husband take away and destroy the tags of each the trolley baggage that contained the weapons, the assertion mentioned.
“Further, examination of these two trolley bags carried by passenger -1 (male passenger) resulted in the recovery of 45 pieces of assorted brand guns having approximate value of Rs 22.5 lakh,” it mentioned.
The two have been arrested and their little one was handed over to her grandmother, the assertion mentioned.
Both the passengers have additionally admitted their earlier involvement in smuggling 25 items of varied weapons from Turkey with an approximate worth of Rs 12.5 lakh,” it added.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”