Police recovered gold jewellery worth Rs 3 crore and Rs 8.40 lakh cash from a car while patrolling in Kabirdham.
During the inspection, two suspected residents of Raipur boarded in the car. When they were quizzed and asked about the supporting documents related, the suspects failed to produce any valid documents. And after their replies were doubtful, both the suspects got detained for further enquiry on Wednesday night, the police said. On the intelligence input, the raid was conducted in the Kotwali police station limits.
The raid was conducted on the Raipur-Jabalpur bypass, DySP Krishna Kumar Chandrakar informed the media.
As per information received, the suspects had brought this jewelry to sell in a bullion shop in Kawardha. However, the salesman failed to present the original gold and GST bill, sources informed.
Gold jewellery items include chains, rings, bangles, necklaces.
The police have seized the car along with gold and cash Rs 8.40 lakh from the vehicle as the suspect miserably failed to show valid documents.The police immediately detained both the suspects and brought them to the Kotwali police station and started questioning. Police also informed the I-Tax department and GST.
It has been rumoured that the money and jewelry might belong to the hawala racket. This entire action took place under the supervision of SP Dharmendra Singh (IPS).
