Chennai:
The duo --- Shaikh Mohammed and Nizam, who were arrested under the provisions of Customs Act 1962 admitted that they smuggled gold for monetary consideration, DRI said
Two persons were arrested as smugglers bid to smuggle 5kg of gold worth Rs 1.62 crore into Chennai from North-East through a train was foiled by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence officials..
Though this is the second such attempt in the last one week by smugglers to smuggle gold from north-east through land by using couriers after Directorate of Revenue Intelligence have sealed the air and sea routes, smugglers are using innoative ways to avoid detection.
Unlike the previous seizure, the smugglers concealed 27 foreign gold bars, crude gold bits of 24 carat purity which were kept inside in specially specially made cavities of three suitcases for hiding the contraband.
While in the previous occasion, DRI foiled an attempt by recovering 2.33kg of gold bars worth Rs 72 lakh from a two-member gang in a Andhra Pradesh State Transport Bus which was entering the city, this time the smugglers tried the train route
And had tried to smuggle it through Dibrugarh-Chennai Egmore Express (15930).
Foiling the bid to smuggle gold especially through the land route has been challenging for DRI but through intelligence gathering, the last two to three operations had been successful.
Currently, a special team of DRI officers from Chennai has been formed for analysis of intelligence and for identification of suspect passengers by studying their travel pattern and modus of concealment in bags or suitcases.
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