Gold worth Rs70 lakh seized from bus passenger’s socks
- | Thursday | 9th August, 2018
The unusual seizure took place during a routine check conducted by the police outside Pristine Mall to nab drug smugglers and anti-social elements. After registering a report, we shared details with the Income Tax department for further action.” Ludhiana: Khanna police on Wednesday recovered 2.40kg gold worth approximately Rs70 lakh from the socks of a bus passenger, Sandeep Singh — son of Heera Lal, a resident of Pandori village of Amritsar — who could not show any bill or proof of legal purchase of the gold. When he was frisked, two bricks of gold (weighing about 2.4kg) were found in his socks, which we seized, as he was unable to produce any bill or licence to carry them. After recovering the gold, police informed the Income Tax department for further action.Khanna SSP Dhruv Dahiya said: “A naka was laid by a team of our officials outside Pristine Mall early morning today (Wednesday), and checking of vehicles coming from Delhi side was being conducted, during which a tourist bus was stopped by our officers, and on suspicion, passenger Sandeep Singh was questioned.
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