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The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized gold bars worth Rs 3.72 crore from a car near Indore in Madhya Pradesh, a DRI official said on Wednesday, according to the PTI. The gold weighing around 7.1 kg is of foreign-origin, the officials said.
The DRI also arrested three people in connection with the smuggling case, he said.
"Acting on intelligence inputs, the DRI on August 30 intercepted a car with two occupants on the Mumbai-Agra national highway near Indore," the official said.
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He added, while checking the vehicle, the DRI sleuths found eight bars of foreign-origin gold weighing around 7.1 kg kept in a specially built cavity inside the vehicle. The two car occupants were arrested.
Based on information provided by them, the DRI arrested one more syndicate member from Mumbai who allegedly supplied the gold bars to the duo, the official said.
The car used for gold smuggling was also impounded and a case was registered against the three persons under provisions of the Customs Act-1962, he said.
(with PTI inputs)
