"The vigilant jawans of ICP Petrapole, 145 Battalion, BSF under South Bengal Frontier apprehended the two Bangladeshi passengers with five gold bangles and three gold chains red-handed. Both passengers were trying to smuggle these gold chains and bangles from Bangladesh to India through ICP
According to officials, the seized gold is valued at Rs 98 lakh, and it was brought by a passenger who had arrived from the capital city of Qatar, Doha.
The central probe agency has recovered gold from Rajasthan Government official OP Vishwakarma and Rajasthan Administrative Services official Amitabh Kaushik in the scam.
The Air Intelligence Unit at Trichy Airport in Tamil Nadu seized one piece of gold bar seized one piece of gold bar on Sunday, said Trichy Customs Officials.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said it has seized unaccounted cash of Rs 2.32 crore, 1 kg Gold bar worth Rs 64 lakh and various incriminating materials during searches at various locations in Rajasthan in connection with irregularities in the centre's Jal Jeewan Mission scheme.
Cochin Customs officers on Friday recovered gold, worth around Rs 85 lakh, from the rear toilet of an Indigo Airlines plane. The gold was in paste form found in two unclaimed bags, said officials.
Odisha Police on Monday arrested the main accused involved in the loot of cash and gold worth Rs 49 lakh from Union Bank at Chandaneswar on April 26, said an official.