India, Sept. 23 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Continuing its sustained crackdown on gold smuggling, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized around 21 kg foreign-origin gold in two operations, cumulatively valued at more than Rs. 61 crore in seven separate operations carried out across the country. Five persons have been arrested under the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962.
Based on specific intelligence, DRI officers intercepted two new Thar vehicles near Palwal Toll Plaza. The very ingenious and sophisticated concealed cavity in the chassis of both the vehicles that had been created by removing and expertly welding back a portion of the chassis over the rear wheel proved extremely difficult to detec...