Gold smuggling enforcement targets transit abuse, concealed carriage, and border routes through coordinated seizures and arrests nationwide.
Intelligence-led enforcement against organised gold smuggling resulted in the seizure of over 42 kg of foreign-origin gold and around 10 kg of foreign-origin silver, collectively valued at more than Rs. 65 crore, and the arrest of 25 persons. Operations targeted networks using airport transit routes, airport personnel, land-border corridors, coastal routes, and domestic road transport. Gold was concealed in wax, compound, paste, raw-chain and bar forms, including through body concealment, internally secreted capsules, clothing, and specially created cavities.