The Ludhiana police on Sunday busted an international gang smuggling gold from Dubai with the arrest of two persons.
Police said that the gold was being smuggled in the form of ‘paste’ and 1.23 kg ‘gold paste’ was recovered from the arrested persons while two of their accomplices are yet to be arrested.
Police said that prima facie probe shows that the gang had smuggled at least 50 kg gold from Dubai since July this year costing approximately Rs 30 crore in open market.
