AP-GOLD

Gold biscuits worth Rs 1.09 cr smuggled from Myanmar seized

Visakhapatnam, Jan 9 (PTI): Gold biscuits worth Rs

1.09 crore smuggled from Myanmar has been seized from two

train passengers at the railway station here, the Directorate

of Revenue Intelligence said here Wednesday.

It said that DRI officers, acting on specific

intelligence inputs, intercepted two passengers travelling on

the Guwahati-Secunderabad Express on January 4 at the

Visakhapatnam railway station.

On examination, it was found that they were carrying

gold concealed in specially made packets inside the cotton

vests worn by them, the DRI said in a statement.

On being questioned, the duo reportedly confessed that

the gold was smuggled to India from Myanmar and someone handed

it over to them for onward transfer to Secunderabad.

A total of 3,314 grams of smuggled gold was recovered from

them, the release said.

The two passengers and the mastermind involved in the

smuggling of the gold were arrested yesterday, the release

added.