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Gold worth over 1.5 cr seized in Bengal
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SME Times News Bureau | 20 Nov, 2018
About 4.98 kg of smuggled gold biscuits worth over Rs 1.57 crore were
recovered in West Bengal' Nadia district and one person was arrested, an
official said on Tuesday.
Acting on specific intelligence, the
officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Kolkata Zonal
Unit recovered 4.98 kg of gold biscuits (30 pieces) valued at Rs 1.57
crore, the official said, adding that the seized gold was smuggled
through the Indo-Myanmar border at Manipur.
"30 pieces of gold
biscuits were recovered from the possession of Md. Sher Khan, a resident
of Manipur state. He was arrested," the official said.
The
interception took place at Ranaghat Railway level crossing on National
Highway 34 while the smuggled gold biscuits were en-route from Siliguri
to Kolkata.
According to the DRI, the smuggled gold biscuits were
concealed in a backpack and wrapped in a red and white coloured towel
and further covered with brown adhesive tapes.
With this seizure,
in the current financial year, in the region spread over West Bengal
and the north-eastern states, the DRI has seized over 350 kg of gold and
gold jewellery valued at close to 108.80 crore in the market, smuggled
from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan and even China.
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