In this regard, officials believe that the smugglers must have started buying 22-carat gold because it is cheaper in Singapore and would give them more profit. This is the second-largest gold seizure in a day by the DRI after they foiled an attempt to smuggle 13 kg of gold (biscuits and paste), 200 new iPhones, and 3.5 crore worth of Google phones, cigarettes, refurbished laptops, and 3.5 crore worth of saffron on a single flight from Muscat in September 2023.