Jammu and Kashmir / 1-kg gold bars worth ₹50 lakh recovered at Jammu airport, 2 held

Jammu: Jammu Police on Friday recovered one kilogram of gold bars worth nearly ₹50 lakhs at Jammu airport. As per the officials, the gold was imported illegally from abroad. Two people have been detained in the matter.

“Information was received at Satwari police station that two persons, who were coming from Delhi in a flight at Jammu Airport, were concealing their identity,” said a police spokesman.

A special police team, led by Satwari station house officer, inspector Nishant Gupta, reached the spot and nabbed the two men. The duo was taken to the police station.

During questioning, the suspects disclosed their identities as Jai Veer of Jhajjar in Haryana and Mohammad Tariq of Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh.

“Four bars of gold valuing approximately ₹50 lakhs were recovered from them. They disclosed that the gold was illegally imported from abroad,’ the spokesman said.

“We informed the Directorate Revenue Intelligence, Jammu, which has taken the cognizance of the matter,” he added.

The gold and the accused have been handed over to the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Jammu, for further investigation.