"smuggling"

Officials booked a case of smuggling of gold against the passenger who arrived by flight IX 1948 from Dubai.

The case, which is currently being probed by the Enforcement Directorate, the National Investigation Agency and the Customs Department, pertains to the smuggling of gold in the state through diplomatic channels.

City Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar said the nine member gang was smuggling gutkha into the city from Bidar in the neighbouring Karnataka.

The three were found to have allowed a van shipping teak timber by conniving with the smugglers belonging to Maharashtra during Covid-19 lockdown.