On Friday, The directorate of revenue intelligence(DRI) has seized 504 gold bars weighing 83.6kg at New Delhi railway station. The bars were allegedly being smuggled from Myanmar through the Moreh border in Manipur and eight passengers who reached the Capital by Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express were found to be the accused for carrying gold bars having 99.9% purity of foreign origin in their possession. The market value of the gold recovered by DRI'S Delhi zonal unit is estimated at close to Rs 43 crore, an official statement said.
The gold bars were concealed in specially tailored cloth vests worn by the passengers. The accused had Aadhaar cards. Sources said DRI inputs suggested the gold was smuggled into India as a smuggling syndicate operating from Guwahati was trying to dispose of the bars in Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai. The eight have been arrested under Customs Act, 1962 and sent to judicial custody.
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