Rs 2.5 crore gold stolen from Ahmedabad airport in Bollywood-style heist

Key points

• A consignment of gold jewellery weighing around 2.1 kg worth approximately Rs 2.5 crore was booked for air cargo shipment from Ahmedabad Airport.
• But it never reached its destination, Bengaluru.
• What unfolded in the subsequent investigation was a meticulously planned mid-transit heist that could rival a Bollywood crime thriller.
• A high-value gold jewellery consignment worth over Rs 2.58 crore was before it entered the Ahmedabad-Bengaluru flight in a carefully orchestrated operation involving airline and airport staff and the police have now arrested eight accused and recovered cash and valuables worth more than Rs 1.72 crore.
• Read Full Story The theft took place after seven parcels containing gold jewellery were handed over for shipment from Ahmedabad to Bengaluru on April 18. The ornaments, manufactured by a jeweller for Titan Company, were being transported through an Akasa Air cargo service from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport.