Acting on a specific information, a team of officers of Anti-Smuggling Unit of Customs Division, Guwahati, headed by Superintendent, busted a major gold smuggling racket at ISBT, Guwahati.
On interception and search of a night super bus bearing registration number MN-01-2071 coming from Imphal, the officers recovered 40 pieces of gold biscuits of Myanmar origin weighing 6.6 kgs. The amount of the gold biscuits is suspected to be Rs 2,05,90,510.
Two persons identified as Md Nasir Khan of Lilong, Imphal and Somnath Subarao Mane from Sangli, Maharashtra have been arrested in connection with the incident. The accused are now in judicial custody.
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Further investigation of the case is going on.