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Gold Smuggling: DRI Jaipur Arrests Bullion Trader Involved in Smuggling 200kg Gold | Jaipur News


Jaipur: The directorate of revenue intelligence (DRI) on Tuesday arrested a bullion trader involved in organized smuggling of gold in Rajasthan. DRI made his arrest following his involvement in smuggling nearly 200 kg of gold from Dubai, Muscat, Sharjah and Riyadh for the past three years. Following the arrest the accused was sent to the judicial custody. DRI officials stated that the accused was identified as Ravi Soni, a resident of Nageshwar Bageechi area in Sikar. His name emerged in their investigation of gold smuggling cases and rackets busted in past three years. “We had arrested many carriers from various flights at Jaipur international airport with illegal possession of gold. The interrogation of these people gave us evidence against Soni and his involvement in purchasing smuggled gold that comes to Rajasthan,” said a senior officer of DRI. Officials said that in the past as well notices and summons were issued to the accused but he managed to escape every time. “It was found that in the past three years Ravi was involved in the smuggling of nearly 200kg of gold. He is basically a bullion trader who was purchasing the smuggled gold which was smuggled via Jaipur into Shekhawati region of Rajasthan,” the officer added.On Tuesday, accused Soni was arrested by the DRI officials. Sources confirmed that he was asked to appear for an interrogation. “As he turned up for interrogation he was immediately arrested. Later, he was produced in a court dealing with economic offences which sent him to jail,” the officer added. DRI has been instrumental in busting smuggling rackets as so far two men from Churu railway station were arrested by DRI with illegal possession of 4kg of gold and later a woman passenger was arrested for illegal possession of 1.10kg gold. Also this month, DRI had arrested a man from Mehandipur Balaji area with illegal possession of nearly 3.33kg gold.

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