Mumbai DRI arrests member of inter-state gold smuggling gang

Kochi | Tuesday | 11th February, 2020

Summary:

According to DRI officers, Amjath C Salim, the arrested, had allegedly invested to procure 44kg of gold between September 2017 and October 2018. “He was taken into custody on Friday (February 7) and interrogated by officials of the DRI Mumbai unit. Last month, DRI officials had arrested Elamakkara native V E Siraj for investing money in gold smuggling with the same gang. “As of now, there is no case that the gang smuggled gold through ports in Kerala. It is suspected the gold smuggled has reached Kerala for sale in the grey market..