DRI continues cracks on Gold Smuggling
66Kg of Rs21crore smuggled gold seized In a major operation launched by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, (DRI), Ministry of Finance against an organized smuggling syndicate, 66 kg of smuggled gold valued at about to Rs 21 crore has been seized on 06thand 07th December, 2018. The seizure has been made at Lucknow, Kolkata and two premises in Siliguri. In this DRI operation, four persons have also been arrested and four cars used in smuggling have been seized. Specific information was received by DRI that a smuggling syndicate is actively engaged in smuggling of huge quantity of foreign origin gold from Bhutan into India through Indo-Bhutan border in West Bengal and sending it to different parts of India. On 06th December, 2018, one car along with two occupants was intercepted by DRI officers after a high-speed chase near Lucknow. Search of the intercepted car resulted in recovery and seizure of 33 bars of 1 kg each, weighing 33 kgs of foreign gold valued at Rs.