DRI Seizes 7.8 kg Smuggled Gold in Eastern Region, Six Held

The correct answer is about 7.8 kg. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized that much foreign-origin gold, valued at more than Rs 11.50 crore, in intelligence-led operations run on 8 and 9 October 2026 in the eastern region, and six persons were arrested. The total is made up of two actions: 50 gold bars of roughly 6.8 kg taken from a vehicle stopped at Dankuni Toll Plaza, and close to 1 kg taken from train passengers at two stations in West Bengal. Options A, C and D are wrong because no such quantity was reported in this set of operations; they are the kind of round figures a paper setter places beside the real one to test whether a candidate has memorised the actual seizure. Keep the pair of numbers together: about 7.8 kg of gold and a value above Rs 11.50 crore.

The correct answer is Dankuni Toll Plaza. A four-wheeler carrying four persons was stopped there as it travelled from Banpur, near the Bangladesh border, towards Kolkata. The search produced 50 gold bars weighing around 6.8 kg and worth nearly Rs 10 crore, some of them bearing foreign markings, and none of the occupants could produce documents showing lawful possession. The head of the smuggling syndicate active in the Banpur border area was among the four arrested. Options A, B and D name other places in West Bengal and were not the site of this interception, so they are incorrect. For the examination, remember the chain of places in this case: Banpur as the point of origin near the border, Dankuni Toll Plaza as the point of interception, and Kolkata as the intended destination of the consignment.

The correct answer is Tripura. DRI teams intercepted passengers coming off trains at Malda Town railway station and New Jalpaiguri railway station and seized about 1 kg of foreign-origin gold worth nearly Rs 1.5 crore, held in the form of bangles and bars. The investigation showed that this gold had been made from metal smuggled across the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura, and the two passengers were arrested after they could not show proof of lawful purchase. Options B, C and D name other north-eastern States that also lie along India’s eastern frontier, but the case traced the consignment to the Tripura stretch of the border. The wider point of the operations was that road and rail corridors linking the North-East with large markets such as Kolkata are being used to move smuggled gold.

The correct answer is the Ministry of Finance. The press note on the gold seizures in the eastern region was issued by that ministry, under which the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence works as the apex agency for intelligence-led action against smuggling and commercial fraud in customs matters. Option A is wrong because the Ministry of Home Affairs looks after internal security and the central armed police forces that guard the border, not revenue intelligence. Option B is wrong because the Ministry of Commerce and Industry deals with trade policy and export promotion. Option D is wrong because the Ministry of Corporate Affairs administers company law. Candidates should link DRI with the revenue side of the Finance Ministry, and recall that in this case it seized about 7.8 kg of gold worth over Rs 11.50 crore and arrested six persons.