DRI seizes gold biscuits worth Rs 8 cr in Assam

Diphu (Assam),  Personnel of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and the police seized 18.5 kg of gold biscuits valued at around Rs 8 crore from a vehicle in central Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on Wednesday.

Two persons were arrested in this connection, Superintendent of Police Gaurav Upadhyay said

Following a tip-off, the securitymen accosted a vehicle at Manza and seized the gold biscuits, Upadhyay said adding that the car was going towards Guwahati from Imphal in Manipur.

Its two occupants who hail from Manipur were arrested, he said.