25-year-old Devshi Kulshreshtha was on duty on a flight leaving Delhi for Hong Kong.
Acting on a tip-off, officials from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) intercepted the flight, which was supposed to leave at 2 am.
Acting on a tip-off, officials from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) intercepted the flight, which was supposed to leave at 2 am.
They found $100 bills stuffed under her shoes and cosmetics. The notes had been packed in foil to evade the x-ray scanner.
Upon investigation, it has been revealed that she was working with an agent, Amit Malhotra, who is a resident of Delhi's Vivek Vihar.
Because flight crews can go through security checks and immigration easily than most people at the airport, they make ideal mules for smuggling items, mostly cash, and drugs.
The money was then brought back to India in the form of gold.
It was stated that they found a total of $480,2000 wrapped in foil, in the flight attendant’s belongings.
Jet Airways confirmed the arrest and said that they would take actions according to the investigations and inputs from law enforcement agencies.