One held as gold racket busted in Siliguri

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gold smuggling racket operating through the India-China border in Sikkim’s Nathula was busted yesterday with the arrest of tbe mastermind. Valued at Rs86.20 million, about 27 kg of gold bars, which were smuggled from China to India through Nathula border, was recovered in north Bengal’s Siliguri, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) said in a statement.

The accused, Sonam Topgay Bhutia, hailing from Gangtok, was intercepted on the Sevoke road in Siliguri when the smuggled gold was being carried from Nathula, the agency said.