DRI arrests 4 more for ‘smuggling’ 16 kg gold worth Rs 10 crore
According to DRI sources, after the arrest of 18 Sudanese nationals, all women, and an Indian national Suhail Poonawala, 23, on Monday, the DRI during further investigation learnt that Suhail was to collect the smuggled gold from the foreigners and hand it over to Yunus Shaikh.
This data discrepancy is due to the shift in the e-filing services for gold traders to the Indian Customs Electronic Gateway (ICEGATE) platform from National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) since July 1 (Representative image) The Mumbai Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials Wednesday arrested four more persons, including a Sudanese national, in connection with a gold smuggling case in which 18 Sudanese nationals were arrested from the Mumbai international airport Monday while allegedly smuggling 16 kilogram of gold worth Rs 10 crore from UAE to India.
The four accused were identified as Yunus Shaikh, Govind Raj-put, Mohammed Alam and Moh-ammed Osman. While Shaikh and Rajput are from south Mumbai, and Alam is from Kharghar. Osman is a Sudanese national.
According to DRI sources, after the arrest of 18 Sudanese nationals, all women, and an Indian national Suhail Poonawala, 23, on Monday, the DRI during further investigation learnt that Suhail was to collect the smuggled gold from the foreigners and hand it over to Yunus Shaikh.
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