Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials on Friday arrested a man in a gold smuggling case. The DRI officials claimed that the accused is one of the masterminds of a syndicate involved in smuggling of gold through the cross border of India.
The arrested person has been identified as D.M. Sagare, a resident of Sangli. According to the DRI, based on intelligence, DRI Mumbai Unit had intercepted two K.C. Choudhary and M P. Rastogi at LTT railway station on 20.03.2024. They had arrived with suspected smuggled gold concealed on their person.
Two packages containing gold were recovered from Choudhary’s specially designed waistcoat. The total seizure was 3804.50 grams of gold valued at Rs 2.57 crore. Later, two more accused U. Singh and D. Soni (a jeweller) were also arrested in the said case after their involvement surfaced in the probe, officials said.