14-kg gold biscuits seized

LUDHIANA: The Ludhiana police recovered 14kg gold biscuits worth Rs 4 crore from an Alto car during a routine naka at Clock Tower this evening

Updated At : 06:52 AM Jan 21, 2017 IST

Police officials with the seized gold biscuits in Ludhiana on Friday. Photo: Inderjeet Verma

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, January 20

The Ludhiana police recovered 14-kg gold biscuits worth Rs 4 crore from an Alto car during a routine naka at Clock Tower this evening. The Income Tax officials are verifying the status of the recovery.

ADCP PS Goraya said a joint naka of the police and the paramilitary force was laid at Clock Tower and on suspicion an Alto car was stopped for checking. During the car’s search, the police recovered a bag that contained gold biscuits.

According to car occupants - Dhiraj Kumar and Sushil Kumar, residents of Patiala, they were heading to deliver gold to a jeweller in Patiala, the ADCP said, adding, “The car occupants said they had taken the consignment of 25-kg gold biscuits from some dealer at Civil Lines on behalf of a Patiala-based jeweller. Out of 25 kg, 11-kg gold was delivered to some clients while the remaining 14-kg was to be delivered to a jeweller in Patiala.

Though the occupants claimed that it was genuine gold to be transected legally, they could not produce any document. “The case has been handed over to the IT Department to inquire if there is any illegality involved,” the ADCP added.