Revenue Officials Seize Smuggled Gold Worth ₹ 17.5 Crore From Truck In Bengal, 4 Arrested
Kolkata: In one of the largest gold recoveries in recent times, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 33.5 kg of the yellow metal from a truck in Siliguri, a DRI release said.
The gold is valued at ₹ 17.5 crore, it said. The agency officials acting on a tip off intercepted the truck on Friday morning. The truck was on way from the Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur to Sri Ganganagar in Rajasthan, the release said.
The four occupants of the truck during interrogation said that they were coming from Guwahati and denied carrying any contraband items with them.
On being grilled further they confessed that they were carrying 202 pieces of smuggled gold which were hidden in their luggage, it said.
They confessed that the gold pieces were smuggled from Myanmar through the border in Manipur and were being carried to Sri Ganganagar for delivery.
The four have been arrested under the Customs Act, the DRI said. In the current fiscal, the agency has seized around 98 kg of smuggled gold valued at ₹ 52 crore in West Bengal and Sikkim.
Related Posts
Counterfeit products worth Rs 50 lakh seized in raids in Lucknow
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) , September 12 (ANI): Joint teams of the excise, police...
12 million fake phones and accessories seized in Dubai
Dubai: More than 12 million counterfeit mobile phones and mobile accessories were...
Two arrested after fake goods worth more than $72,000 seized.
SINGAPORE - Two women have been arrested after fake goods worth more than $72,000...
Mother-of-two made £400,000 selling fake Mulberry bags at ‘handbag parties’ before spending cash on private school fees and holidays
A woman who made more than £400,000 selling fake designer handbags spent the...