Zakia Wardak, Afghan diplomat, caught smuggling 25kg of gold at Mumbai Airport

Indian media has reported that Zakia Wardak, a diplomat and consul general of Afghanistan in Mumbai, India, was detained at the city’s airport while smuggling 25 kilograms of gold.

According to “Times of India,” the incident occurred on Saturday, May 3rd when Ms Wardak was attempting to smuggle the gold from Dubai to India in a concealed manner.

The media has valued this amount of gold at 18.6 crore Indian rupees. One crore Indian rupees is equal to 10 million or 100 lakh.