DRI seizes about 7.8 kg of gold smuggled from Bangladesh and arrests the kingpin of a Banpur syndicate

11 October 2026

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized around 7.8 kg of foreign-origin gold valued at more than Rs. 11.50 crore in operations on 08–09 October 2026 in the eastern region, the Ministry of Finance said on 11 October.
At Dankuni Toll Plaza, officers stopped a vehicle travelling from Banpur, near the Bangladesh border, towards Kolkata and recovered 50 gold bars weighing around 6.8 kg, valued at approximately Rs. 10 crore.
The kingpin of the syndicate operating in the Banpur border area was among the four persons arrested from the vehicle.
At Malda Town and New Jalpaiguri railway stations, DRI teams seized around 1 kg of gold worth around Rs. 1.5 crore from two passengers.
Investigators said that gold had been smuggled across the Indo-Bangladesh border in Tripura; six persons were arrested in all.