KOLKATA: In a Bollywood style chase series, agency officers chased a gold smuggler in a automotive and rammed at his vehicle from an aspect as it crashed into a lamp post and came to a halt. As the officers pulled the driving force out of the auto and searched the vehicle, 15 kg of smuggled gold biscuits valued at Rs. 4.72 crore have been discovered and have been therefore seized by means of the officers Directorate of Revenue Intelligence.
The incident took place at Barasat in the northern fringes of the city on Wednesday evening as DRI officers, in line with a particular tip off, attempted to forestall the SUV, which sensing bother, began dashing when the officers gave them a chase.
The seized biscuits had international markings “Al Etihad” and “Suisse” suggesting they have been imported from UAE and Switzerland respectively. “It looks as if the gold was once smuggled from Bangladesh from the Basirhat space and was once being carried in the vehicle for delivery to a few purchasers in Kolkata,” an authentic said. The arrested individual was once produced prior to a Barasat court and was once taken in police custody.
DRI is the main agency to battle move border crime involving smuggling of gold, client goods, medicine and narcotics, wild existence articles, fake Indian currency notes and counterfeit goods, import – export frauds and trade based totally cash laundering. In the present monetary yr, starting from April 1, the area spread over West Bengal and the north eastern states, the DRI has seized over 105 kgs of gold and gold jewelry valued at close to Rs 31 crore in the market, smuggled from Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan.
The incident took place at Barasat in the northern fringes of the city on Wednesday evening as DRI officers, in line with a particular tip off, attempted to forestall the SUV, which sensing bother, began dashing when the officers gave them a chase.
The seized biscuits had international markings “Al Etihad” and “Suisse” suggesting they have been imported from UAE and Switzerland respectively. “It looks as if the gold was once smuggled from Bangladesh from the Basirhat space and was once being carried in the vehicle for delivery to a few purchasers in Kolkata,” an authentic said. The arrested individual was once produced prior to a Barasat court and was once taken in police custody.
DRI is the main agency to battle move border crime involving smuggling of gold, client goods, medicine and narcotics, wild existence articles, fake Indian currency notes and counterfeit goods, import – export frauds and trade based totally cash laundering. In the present monetary yr, starting from April 1, the area spread over West Bengal and the north eastern states, the DRI has seized over 105 kgs of gold and gold jewelry valued at close to Rs 31 crore in the market, smuggled from Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan.
Gold worth Rs 4.7-cr seized from smuggler
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