Surat: The Surat DRI (Directorate Revenue Intelligence) department, which was lax during the Corona period, on a tip-off raided a jewelery showroom in the long Hanuman area of Varacha Road in the city and seized 15.50 kg of gold and interrogated 4 people. . The Surat DRI department has carried out a major operation and seized gold worth Rs 8.50 crore smuggled from here in a preliminary survey.
The DRI suspects that the operators of a large gold-silver showroom on the city’s long Hanuman Road have brought 15.50 kg of gold from abroad without paying 7.50 per cent import duty. Who killed this gold consignment, where did the gold come from without a bill? An investigation is underway. Discussions are going on among the jewelers that this gold has come out of Surat SEZ. However, DRI has not made any clear announcement regarding this search operation. It will be clear after the completion of the search operation.
The department has arrested four people in the case and started interrogation. It may be mentioned here that the DRI department had earlier received information that many jewelers in Surat city were selling smuggled gold. Due to which the department became active and the search for such people had been going on for many days. Meanwhile, based on the information received by the department, action was taken in a showroom on Long Hanuman Road on Thursday. Jewelers could not produce 15.50 kg gold bill here. This gold was imported from abroad and duty was not paid on it. Currently the department has started interrogating 4 people. The department believes that gold has been brought to Surat by stealing duty from different cities.
Another gold and silver trader was raided and 27 gold biscuits worth Rs 1.35 crore were seized.
In another operation, a DRI team raided another gold and silver trader and seized 27 gold biscuits. The value of which is going to be 1.35 crores. When it weighs 2.4 kg. The smuggled gold has been confiscated. While the smuggler who smuggles gold has also come under the spell of Revenue Intelligence. Ukraine – Russia’s war has led to a rise in gold prices. As a result, its smuggling has increased.
