Assam Rifles Moreh Battalion under the aegis of IGAR (South) foiled cross border smuggling of 6.63 kg of gold estimated to be of Rs 3.1 crore at Moreh on Friday.
A release by PRO IGAR (South) stated that based on a specific input, troops of Assam Rifles launched an operation and intercepted an auto-rickshaw moving suspiciously in Moreh. On thorough checking of the vehicle, the gold was recovered and the auto-rickshaw driver was apprehended.
The auto-rickshaw driver has been handed over to the Department of Revenue Intelligence, Moreh for further legal action along with the seized gold, it added.