Directorate of Revenue Intelligence Seizes over 10 Kg Smuggled Gold

Kolkata: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence sleuths arrested six persons and seized more than 10.5 kgs of smuggled gold along with Indian and Myanmarese currencies, cumulatively valued at Rs 4.20 crores, in two operations in Siliguri and Kolkata, an official said on Wednesday.

Acting on intelligence outputs, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence officers apprehended four persons, including women, in Darjeeling district’s Siliguri, from two buses on Monday.

One of the buses was coming from Shillong and the other from Guwahati. Both had Assam number of plates.

On search, 38 gold biscuits, and a gold bar – having a total weight of 7.308 kilos, concealed in the shoes of the suspects, were recovered.

In addition to smuggled gold, Myanmarese currency amounting to 100,150 kyats was recovered from one of the arrested persons.

The recovered gold and currency was then seized under the Customs Act, the official said.

On interrogation, the apprehended passengers disclosed their identity as Thomas Hmingthanmawia, Lalnunsanga, Lawnsanga, and Lalchuansangi.

“It was revealed that the gold was handed over to them in Aizawl by a Myanmarese national with the direction to hand over the same in Kolkata to a person whose details were supposed to be revealed to them by the Myanmarese national at an appropriate time,” the official said.

The collective value of the goods seized was Rs 2.89 crore. The apprehended persons were produced before the judicial magistrate who remanded them to judicial custody. (IANS)

Also Read: Assam Rifles Recovers Gold Worth Rs 1.9 Crore, 30,000 WIY Tablets in Manipur

Also Watch: Day 4: Congress Demand CBI probe into “Declared Foreigner Dulal Paul” death incident