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150 gold biscuits seized from Kolkata metro station, 2 held

150 gold biscuits seized from Kolkata metro station, 2 held

| | 23 Apr 2017, 07:59 pm
Kolkata, Apr 23 (IBNS): Based on credible source inputs, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Sunday recovered as many as 150 pieces of smuggled gold biscuits from M.G. Road metro station area in Kolkata and arrested two persons in connection with the case, reports said.

According to reports, two residents of Ranaghat in West Bengal's Nadia district, Asit Roy and Shyam Sardar, were detained with 16.7 kg gold biscuits soon after they reached M.G. Road from Dumdum metro station.

"Those Dubai-made gold biscuits, with a market value of Rs. 4.88 crore, have been trafficked into Kolkata via Bangladesh," a DRI official told IBNS.

However, these arrested persons have been handed over to the local police and the city police have started investigation into the matter.

The duo were produced in a city court on Sunday afternoon and were sent to police custody till May 3.

Earlier on Apr 14, DRI seized 70 pieces of gold biscuits worth Rs. 3.47 crore from Kolkata's Sealdah area and nabbed two traffickers.

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)

 

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