KOLAR: An inter-State gold smuggling racket was busted and five persons were arrested in this connection by the Cottonpete police on Monday.
The police have identified the arrested, all aged between 35 years and 40 years from Rehmath Nagar, Tamil Nadu, as Mohammed Jinnah, Yusuf, Ismail, Sarthik and Abbas. They recovered 11 gold biscuits weighing 11 kg from the five, who were arrested from a lodge on J.C. Road.
According to the police, they landed in the city on Sunday night and managed to bring 11 gold biscuits. They said that they were tipped off about the five men.
During questioning, they claimed to have got the biscuits from Singapore and were trying to smuggle it to Tamil Nadu. Police suspect more people are involved.
