Two held with 19 gold biscuits at Imphal Airport

Guwahati: In a breakthrough, sleuths of the customs division in Imphal confiscated 19 gold biscuits worth over Rs 1.99 crore from two persons at Imphal International Airport on Sunday.

Acting on a reliable source, officers of the anti-smuggling unit of the division moved to the airport’s departure terminal where security staff of Indigo Airlines detained the two, said a statement issued by the division’s deputy commissioner, Rajivkumar Yengkhom.

The two have been identified as A Minaketan Sharma of Bhrahmapur Aribam Leikai in Imphal East district and Maibam Priyobrata Singh of Nambol Kongkham Makha Leikai in Bishnipur district.


The customs officers initially detected ten gold biscuits of foreign origin and subsequently, after follow-up inquiry and interrogation, another 9 gold biscuits were also recovered from their belongings after a few hours, continued the release.

The total weight of the seized 19 gold biscuits is 3.155 kg, and their total value is estimated at Rs 1,99,20,664 as per the day’s market rate, it said.

Under the relevant action of the Customs Act, 1962, the two have been arrested, and further investigation to nab other offenders of the case is ongoing, added the statement.