{
  "id": 10468541,
  "title": "DRI Busts Pan-India Gold Smuggling Network, Seizes ₹10.36 Crore Gold & Arrests 11",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/dri-busts-pan-india-gold-smuggling-network-seizes-10-36-crore-gold",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T14:33:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/dri-busts-pan-india-gold-smuggling-network-seizes-1036-crore-gold-arrests-11"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "New Delhi, September 28: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has dismantled a nationwide gold smuggling network that utilized courier services to transport illicit gold across India. The operation, based on intelligence, resulted in the seizure of 6.61 kg of foreign-origin gold valued at approximately Rs 10.36 crore and the arrest of 11 individuals, including one of the alleged masterminds, according to an official statement on Monday. The DRI uncovered the network's activities, which involved smuggling gold along the Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal and Assam and distributing it through courier consignments to major markets, including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, and Guwahati.",
  "summary": "New Delhi, Sep 28: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a pan-India gold smuggling syndicate that allegedly used courier networks to transport smuggled gold across the country, seizing 6.61 kg of foreign-origin gold worth about Rs 10.36 crore and arresting 11 persons, including one of the alleged masterminds, according to an official statement on Monday. DRI uncovers gold…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}