Smuggled gold seizure rises 47% in 2022: DRI

New Delhi: Smuggled gold seizure increased nearly 47 per cent year-on-year in 2022, with Kerala accounting for the maximum quantity of confiscation of the yellow metal, according to government data.

Various wings of the government seized 2,383.38 kg of gold in 2021 and 2,154.58 kg in the preceding year. In the first two months of 2023, as much as 916.37 kg of smuggled gold was seized. To deter the smuggling of gold, Customs field formations and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) keep constant vigil and take operational measures, such as passenger profiling, risk-based interdiction and targeting of cargo consignments, non-intrusive inspection, etc.