In a major breakthrough, the sleuths of the Intelligence Bureau team laid a trap on two persons in Chandauli and recovered gold biscuits worth Rs one crore smuggled from Thailand, on Wednesday night.
According to reports, on information that gold biscuits have been smuggled in the country from Bangkok in Thailand and would be delivered by the two to their contacts in Nagpur, the IB team reached Mughalsarai Railway Station in Chandauli and took the help of cops of Government Railway Police to nab the duo on Wednesday night. The arrested persons have been identified as Rajesh Chetan Das and Rajesh Bhatt, both hailing from Nagpur, local police confirmed.
The duo had arrived in the country by air from Bangkok to Gaya airport with the gold biscuits hidden in their shoes, disclosed IG (law and Order) A Satish Ganesh, adding, they hired a taxi from Gaya and reached Mughalsarai Railway Station to catch Nagpur-bound Sangmitra Express train. Nearly 4.50 Kg of gold biscuits worth Rs one crore have been seized from their possession. After interrogation by the IB team, both of them have been handed over to the custom department after registering a case against them at the Mughalsarai GRP station, he added.