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DRI busts cross-border gold smuggling racket in West Bengal; 24 kg foreign-origin gold worth Rs.34 crore seized, seven held
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....RI busts cross-border gold smuggling racket in West Bengal; 24 kg foreign-origin gold worth Rs.34 crore seized, seven held<BR>News and Press Release<BR>Dated:- 1-7-2026<BR><BR>In a major crackdown aga....
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....inst cross-border smuggling of foreign-origin gold, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has successfully unearthed and dismantled a well-organised gold smuggling syndicate operating along th....
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....e Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal. In an intelligence led operation, DRI officials intercepted seven persons travelling on separate motorcycles from Krishnanagar towards Chakdaha in Nadia dis....
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....trict, West Bengal. Personal search of the intercepted persons resulted in the recovery of 180 pieces of foreign-marked and defaced gold bars, ingeniously concealed inside specially tailored cloth bel....
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....ts worn around their waists to evade detection. The recovered foreign-origin gold, collectively weighing approximately 24 kg and valued at approximately Rs. 34 crore, was seized under the provision....
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....s of the Customs Act, 1962. All seven persons involved in the smuggling operation have been arrested. Preliminary investigation has revealed that the carriers had collected the smuggled gold from l....
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....ocations near the Indo-Bangladesh border and were transporting it onward for delivery to another set of carriers. =============<BR> News - Press release - PIB....