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Tribune News Service
Amritsar, August 11
Sleuths from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), in a joint operation with custom authorities, confiscated gold worth Rs 1.50 crore from Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport here on Friday.
They also nabbed the agent of a company who had come take the delivery of the gold. The consignment that reportedly came from Thailand arrived through cargo of a private airline. Further investigation is under way.
Meanwhile, the custom authorities also nabbed a passenger from Afghanistan, Saddam Ufzali. He was carrying over 400 gm of gold in an illegal manner. He had kept it in his shoes.
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