20kg smuggled gold biscuits seized

Kolkata: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized nearly 20 kilograms of gold, smuggled into India from neighbouring Myanmar, worth Rs 6.73 crore, according to an official statement issued Wednesday.

Two people have been arrested by the DRI in the case. A specific information was received by the DRI that a syndicate is actively engaged in smuggling of huge quantity of foreign-origin gold from Myanmar into India through Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur and sending it to Bengal. "Accordingly, the DRI sleuths laid out an elaborate plan and in a skillfully executed operation successfully identified the carrier," the statement said.