DRI seizes 10 kg of smuggled gold in Bengal, 2 held
Sunday - July 8, 2018 5:38 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Kolkata July 8 (IANS) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized ten kgs of smuggled gold worth Rs 3.18 crore from West Bengal s Jalpaiguri district a DRI release said on Sunday.
Acting on a tip-off the officials intercepted a car at Fulbari in Siliguri area on Saturday and arrested two persons with the smuggled gold.
"The officials recovered ten foreign origin gold bars each weighing one kilogram from a car near Siliguri s Fulbari. The car was on its way from Bhutan to Bihar s Muzaffarpur. Two persons travelling in the car have been arrested " the release said.
Upon interrogation it was revealed that the gold bars were brought to India from Bhutan through the Jaigaon-Phuentsholing border.
"The gold bars were originally handed over to the accused persons at a hotel situated in Bhutan s Phuentsholing and were supposed to be delivered to the buyer in India " DRI said.
The DRI has seized over 152 kg of gold valued at close to Rs 50 crore in West Bengal and northeastern states in 2017-18.
--IANS mgr/mag/sed
Acting on a tip-off the officials intercepted a car at Fulbari in Siliguri area on Saturday and arrested two persons with the smuggled gold.
"The officials recovered ten foreign origin gold bars each weighing one kilogram from a car near Siliguri s Fulbari. The car was on its way from Bhutan to Bihar s Muzaffarpur. Two persons travelling in the car have been arrested " the release said.
Upon interrogation it was revealed that the gold bars were brought to India from Bhutan through the Jaigaon-Phuentsholing border.
"The gold bars were originally handed over to the accused persons at a hotel situated in Bhutan s Phuentsholing and were supposed to be delivered to the buyer in India " DRI said.
The DRI has seized over 152 kg of gold valued at close to Rs 50 crore in West Bengal and northeastern states in 2017-18.
--IANS mgr/mag/sed
