Saturday, April 19, 2025

88 kgs of gold bars, luxury watches and 19 kg of jewellery seized from a locked flat in Gujarat

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has seized 88 kgs of gold bars, 19.66 kgs of studded jewellery and a stash of luxury watches worth crores of rupees from a locked flat in the Ahmedabad Paldi area. As per reports, DRI raided the flat with a team of Gujarat ATS officials.

Most of the gold bars were of foreign markings, indicating smuggled gold from abroad. Cash worth Rs 1.3 crores was also found. The value of the gold bars alone is estimated at around Rs 80 crores. The studded jewellery is expected to be worth several crores too.

11 luxury watches from ultra-expensive labels, such as a diamond-studded Patek Philippe, Frank Muller, Jacob & Co etc were recovered.

The raid occurred on 17 March.