The Customs Department arrested an Indian couple at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on July 13 on the charge of attempting to smuggle in 45 guns brought from France.
Those arrested have been identified as Jagjit Singh and Jaswinder Kaur, residents of Defence Colony in Haryana’s Gurugram. They arrived at the IGI Airport’s Terminal-3 on July 11 from Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam by flight no.VJ 895. During interrogation, the accused told the agency they had earlier smuggled in 25 such guns valued at ₹12.50 lakh from Turkey.
Customs Commissioner (Airport & General) Zubair Riaz Kamili said Mr. Jagjit’s elder brother Manjit Singh was into smuggling of goods and details about his previous involvements were available in the Customs database. He reached by flight AF 226 around the same time his younger brother and wife came from Vietnam along with their 18-month-old daughter.
