Smuggling

Biggest ever case of gold smuggling busted by Indian intelligence agency

A major gold smuggling racket involving the smuggling of around 7,000 kilograms of gold worth more than Rs 2,000 crore has been busted by the Delhi Zonal Unit (DZU) of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). Spread over the past two and a half years, this probably is the single biggest case of detection of gold smuggling by any agency in India.The case came to light when the intelligence officers seized 10 kilograms of gold at the domestic cargo terminal of IGI airport, Delhi on the night of 1st September this year. The gold bars of 24 carat purity were admittedly smuggled into India through the Indo-Myanmar land borders and were brought to Delhi from Guwahati by a domestic flight. The market value of the total seized gold was about Rs 3.1 crore.