Leh: Two persons have been arrested in the Nyoma sector of the Leh district of Ladakh on charges of smuggling several kilograms of gold from China.
Two smugglers, along with horses, were caught by the 21 Bn ITBP in the general area of Zursar, near PP 54, with 120 kg of gold, according to officials.
They have been identified as Tsering Chinba and Stanzin Dorgyal, residents of Koyul, Nyoma.
Gold worth crores of rupees was stacked in the house of a person in Koyul village near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, an official said on Wednesday.
The seizure of gold was reportedly made by the ITBP and local police based on intelligence inputs, he said.
The duo allegedly smuggled gold and kept it at their home in the village. However, the locally stationed military brigade, which falls under the 15 Sector, received information about the same and passed it to the 21 Battalion of ITBP, who arrested the alleged smugglers, he added.
The gold was seized and later shifted to the ITBP headquarters in the Leh district. It was an intelligence-based operation, he said.
(KDC)
