5 Arrested Over Involvement In Fake Gold Smuggling From Assam

Police on Friday arrested five persons and recovered a fake gold statue of Jesus Christ, biscuit in two separate operations in Assam’s Nagaon and Sonitpur districts.

Police conducted an operation at Namdoboka Pathar area under Doboka police station in Nagaon district and arrested three persons and recovered one fake gold statue of Jesus Christ weighing 1.700 kg in possession from them.

In a separate operation, Sonitpur district police arrested two persons and recovered a fake gold biscuit from the Tezpur Salanibari area.

The arrested persons were identified as Ikramul Hussain and Jamal Ali.