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15 kg gold seized, 2 smugglers arrested in Siliguri

Siliguri, Oct 22 (UNI) Central Customs officials arrested two people, an Indian businessman and a Chinese national, and seized 15 kg gold from them, along with Rs 20 lakh and Nepal currencies, a local court was told today.
Indian businessman Kamal Kumar Verma, a gold merchant of Seth Sreelal market of this commercial town, was first arrested, while riding a two-wheeler near a cinema hall on Sevok Road last evening and the Customs sleuths uncovered five kg gold from underneath the seat of the vehicle.
On being questioned, Verma led the customs officials to Tenzing Bhutia's house at Salughara, where 10 kg gold and Rs 20 lakh were seized.
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