DRI seizes 52 kg gold smuggled from Dubai via Mundra port

New Delhi/Gandhidham: In the second such case in the recent past, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) unit at Gandhidham has seized 52 kgs of gold, worth around Rs 15 crore, smuggled into the country from Dubai using the sea route via Mundra Port.

According to a statement issued by DRI, gold was concealed in the metallic frame used as packing material for the poultry egg incubator, which was shipped from Dubai. This catch is a sequel to the seizure of 44 kgs of gold made by the Delhi zonal unit of DRI on May 13, 2017, when it had intercepted a truck coming from Mundra port in Chander Vihar area of the national capital, concealed in the same fashion. Delhi DRI has already arrested Harnek Singh, the kingpin in this smuggling syndicate, who is currently in judicial custody.The total value of gold seized so far from this syndicate is about Rs 28 crore. This syndicate is suspected to have smuggled around 2,000 kgs of foreign-marked gold bars worth Rs 600 crore from Dubai through the sea route adopting a similar modus operandi.

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