12 Assam Rifles of 26 Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of Headquarter Inspector General Assam(South) recovered seven gold bars from PVCP Khudengthabi worth around 34 lakhs.
At around 1:30 P.M, 12 Assam Rifles stopped a Maruti Van travelling from Moreh to Imphal for checking. While frisking and carrying out thorough checking of baggage of the driver, gold bars of foreign origin were found hidden inside both shoes of driver (2 gold bars in each shoe) and inside the air cleaner of the Maruti Van (3 Gold Bars). The market value of the recovered gold weighing 1.162 kg is Rs 34.86 lakhs.
The driver age 32 is a resident of Thoubal district and was handed over to Customs Preventive Force, Moreh alongwith the recovered gold.