HT Digital,
Guwahati, March 19: Officials reported the seizure of approximately 1.5 kilograms of an object suspected to be counterfeit gold in Guwahati’s Jyotikuchi area on Tuesday.
Based on credible information about fake gold transactions, the special task force (STF) of Assam Police carried out a raid.
The operation occurred on Dhopolia Road in the Jyotikuchi area, under the jurisdiction of Fatasil Ambari Police Station. During the raid, Birendra Kumar Singh, a 47-year-old resident of Balua village in Bihar’s Patna district, was apprehended.
Officials seized from him a boat-shaped object weighing 1.509 kilograms, suspected to be fake gold, along with Rs 500 cash and a mobile phone.