DRI Mumbai busts gold smuggling syndicate in Op Dhahabu Blitz; approx. 30 kg gold worth ₹38 crore seized, 24 women carriers arrested

• Operation Dhahabu Blitz — DRI Mumbai interception of a Nairobi-origin gold smuggling syndicate at CSMI Airport, Mumbai, with 29.37 kg gold (₹37.74 crore) seized and 24 foreign-national women carriers arrested.
• Illustrates trans-border bullion smuggling patterns, the role of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) under CBIC, and enforcement under the Customs Act, 1962 — exam-relevant for GS-III (internal security, economic offences).
• "Dhahabu" = Swahili for gold, signalling the East Africa–India corridor as a fresh smuggling route.