Smuggling of gold biscuits and leaves through luxury car, 5 smugglers arrested
Mahasamund. Five smugglers have been caught smuggling gold biscuits and leaves in a luxury car. Suspicious vehicles were being checked by the police party near Interstate Check Post Rehtikhol (Chhattisgarh-Orissa Border) under Singhoda police station area, when a white colored Hyundai Creta car number WB 08 C 3900 from Bargarh, Odisha, came at a high speed from Chhattisgarh. Was coming towards. The said vehicle was stopped near the check post, there were 03 persons in the car. The three suspects were taken down from the vehicle and when interrogated, they did not give proper answers and the answers were found to be vague and not satisfactory. Meanwhile, their other accomplice, a red colored Hyundai i20 car bearing number MH 13 DE, was being interrogated seriously. 3330 came. In which 02 persons were sitting. The vehicle was stopped and the vehicle was searched after being interrogated. A chamber was found in front of the rear seat of the vehicle, which was opened by the said driver, inside which four packets were found inside a yellow colored bag. On enquiry, it was revealed to be a gold packet.
On seeing four packets opened inside the bag by the police team, 01. In one packet, a total of 20 pieces of gold biscuits weighing 2.482 kg were found. 02. One packet contains 19 pieces of gold biscuits weighing 2.411 kg. 03. One packet contains 11 pieces of gold leaf weighing 1.279 kg. 04. Gold leaf in a packet weighing 1.279 kg. Total gold weighing 7.451 kg. The weight of the wrapper is 0.41 grams, the total weight is 7.861 kg. Jumla worth Rs 4,76,86,400. A notice was given by the police team to present valid documents and papers regarding gold biscuits and gold leaf. No legal documents should be produced by the said persons. Tell the police team to take the said gold packet from Khadakpur Calcutta Highway to Pune Maharashtra. Gold biscuit, leaf and wrapper total weight 7.861 kg. Jumla worth Rs 4,76,86,400, one i20 car worth Rs 7,00,000, one Hyundai Creta car worth Rs 10,00,000 and 05 mobile phones of different companies worth Rs 50000, total Jumla worth Rs 4,94,36,400 (four crore ninety four lakhs) Thirty-six thousand and four hundred rupees) was seized in Singhoda police station, crime/section 102 J.F. Action was taken under.
