Contraband gold worth over Rs 1 cr seized from Manipur border
Saturday - July 28, 2018 3:52 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Imphal July 28 (IANS) Gold worth Rs 1.25 crore smuggled from Myanmar has been seized by customs officials during a raid at a Manipur border town a top officer said.
According to Assistant Commissioner R.K. Dorendrajit four smugglers with the contraband gold were nabbed in Pallel town about 50 km away from the international border.
Following intelligence inputs traps were laid along the national highway to capture the smugglers the custom official said.
The gold bars weighing 4 150 gram were stashed inside a van.
All four arrested belonged to Manipur.
--IANS il/in/vsc/vm
According to Assistant Commissioner R.K. Dorendrajit four smugglers with the contraband gold were nabbed in Pallel town about 50 km away from the international border.
Following intelligence inputs traps were laid along the national highway to capture the smugglers the custom official said.
The gold bars weighing 4 150 gram were stashed inside a van.
All four arrested belonged to Manipur.
--IANS il/in/vsc/vm
