An Indian flight attendant has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle out nearly $500,000 out of the country.<br /><br />Acting on a tip-off, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials intercepted a Jet Airways flight leaving Delhi for Hong Kong at 2am January 8. <br /><br />They searched the baggage belonging to an air hostess, Devshi Kulshreshtha, 25, and found wads of $100 bills, which had been tucked below cosmetics and shoes. The notes had been packed in foil to evade the x-ray scanner. <br /><br />Kulshreshtha was arrested and put before a Delhi court on today (January 9).<br /><br />In a statement, the DRI officials said they found $480,200 wrapped in foil in her possession.<br /><br />Kulshreshtha was allegedly working with a New Delhi resident named Amit Malhotra, who ran a network to smuggle currency. <br /><br />Malhotra would collect money from bullion dealers in Delhi and send it abroad through her. The money was then brought back to India in the form of gold.<br /><br />Malhotra, who had befriended Kulshreshtha six months ago during a flight to India, has also been arrested.<br /><br />The DRI suspects that a few other crew members of Jet Airways may also be involved in the smuggling racket.
