Police commandos led by SP Shrey Vats on Thursday arrested a van driver and seized 18 bars of gold, believed to have been smuggled in from Myanmar. The arrest took place at the Pallel police station in Kakching district. The gold bars weighed 166 gm each.
The driver, identified as Prakash Khetri (23) from Moreh town bordering Myanmar, said he had smuggled the gold bars from his hometown in Tengnoupal district. Khetri and the seized gold bars have been handed over to the customs department for necessary action.
