Woman in Delhi-bound train held with gold bars worth over Rs 7 crore
A woman member of the team conducted a search and found 13 gold bars weighing about 1.5 kg concealed in a cloth waist belt. A subsequent search of her handbag recovered 29 more gold bars weighing about 3.48 kg. In total, 42 foreign-origin gold bars were seized under the provisions of the Customs Act, the official said.
- ▪A woman member of the team conducted a search and found 13 gold bars weighing about 1.5 kg concealed in a cloth waist belt.
- ▪A subsequent search of her handbag recovered 29 more gold bars weighing about 3.48 kg.
- ▪In total, 42 foreign-origin gold bars were seized under the provisions of the Customs Act, the official said.
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A woman member of the team conducted a search and found 13 gold bars weighing about 1.5 kg concealed in a cloth waist belt. A subsequent search of her handbag recovered 29 more gold bars weighing about 3.48 kg. In total, 42 foreign-origin gold bars were seized under the provisions of the Customs Act, the official said. She was detained late Wednesday night and formally arrested under the provisions of the Customs Act on Thursday. On Friday, she was produced before the Special Chief Judicial Magistrate, Varanasi which remanded her to 14-day judicial custody, said the official. The official claimed that in the interrogation, the woman revealed she is a regular carrier of gold bars smuggled from Bangladesh and into Indian territory through Cooch Behar district.
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