Mumbai, Dec 14 (PTI) The CISF on Thursday said it has apprehended a loader working for IndiGo airlines at the Mumbai international airport for allegedly stealing smuggled gold bars worth Rs 1 crore from check-in baggage.

Akshay Kule, working in the baggage breakup area at Terminal 2 of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, was caught on December 11 at around 3 am, a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) spokesperson said.

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Kule is a loader with IndiGo and was outsourced by the airline from a company called Agile Airport Services, he said.

Kule was "involved" in the theft of smuggled gold from the check-in baggage of an incoming flight. Sixteen gold bars weighing about 1.86 kilograms were recovered from his bag by CISF personnel, he added.

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The value of the gold bars is about Rs 1 crore, the spokesperson said.

The loader was handed over to Customs officials for further investigation and registration of a case against him.

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