29 kg gold bars worth Rs 9 crore seized in Mizoram

Guwahati | Monday | 23rd April, 2018

Summary:

Last year, sources said, the customs division had seized 8.3 kg gold bars worth Rs 2.5 crore smuggled along this route. Guwahati: The anti-smuggling unit of the Aizawl Customs division seized 29 kg gold bars at Muallungthu , on the outskirts of Aizawl, on Saturday, the largest such seizure by the division this year.Sources said the gold bars are worth more than Rs 9 crore. One person, 55-year-old Hualzidinga from Champhai Venglai in Champhai district was arrested and an SUV seized.With the state sharing the international border with Myanmar, Mizoram has emerged as a gold smuggling route..