MOHAMMED Sabir Ali, the owner of the retail shop Airhub at Chennai international airport, which was allegedly a front for a Sri Lankan gold smuggling syndicate, was funded by a member of the syndicate living in Abu Dhabi as he did not have the financial wherewithal to pay ₹70 lakh as deposit for getting the lease, sources said quoting the investigation by the customs department.
Customs has already arrested Sabir Ali and seven of his employees after finding that they had helped smuggle 267 kg gold worth 167 crore in a span of two months through the shop located in the airport's departure lounge.
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