Guwahati, Sept 14: The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police today apprehended four persons along with 518 gms smuggled gold from their possession in a special operation carried out near Assam-Meghalaya border at Jorabat near here.
Acting on a tip-off on illegal transportation of gold, an operation had been launched this morning by a team from STF, Assam at Jorabat. A local police team from Jorabat Outpost of Guwahati City also accompanied the STF team.
Accordingly, a Hyundai Xcent car bearing registration No. ML 05 N 8712 was intercepted at Jorabat, Guwahati at 9:30 am by the joint team from STF and Jorabat OP personnel. The car as well as all four persons in the car were examined thoroughly. During the search gold wires rounded into five pieces weighing 518 grams were found in their possession which were acquired and transported illegally from Meghalaya for selling to customers in Rajasthan.
The four miscreants were apprehended and identified as:
* Md Inayat Ali (30yrs), S/O Lt Abdul Rashid of Ward No. 23 New Kohinoor Chowpasini Road, PS- Pratap Nagar, Dist.- Jodhpur Rajasthan,
* Sri Veeru Singh (27yrs) S/O Baldev Singh of Bara Bazar Punjabi Colony, PS-Containment Beat House, Shillong, Meghalaya.
* Md. Yusuf (39yrs), S/O Lt Barkat Ali of Pholodi, PS-Pholodi, Dist.-Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
* Jannat Begum (56yrs), D/O Lt. Mohammed Hussain of Jail Road, Shillong, Meghalaya.
The recovered gold items and the Hyundai Xcel car had been duly seized from their possession.
The STF team handed over the four apprehended persons and the recovered items to Jorabat Police for initiating investigation and taking lawful actions by registering a case under proper sections of law.
