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New Delhi, May 27
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested a wanted red sanders smuggler, wanted from four years, in Chennai.
The accused was identified as Abdul Jaffer, who had failed to appear before the probe agency despite repeated summonses.
Jaffer is involved in the large-scale smuggling of red sanders to Dubai by way of replacing the declared goods being exported by reputed entities with red sanders in transit.
ED conducted raids at two premises linked to Jaffer in Chennai on May 22. The officials added that during the search operations several properties in the form of land, buildings, flats and high-end vehicles acquired by the accused out of proceeds of crime which runs into crores of rupees, including other incriminating materials were seized.
The officials informed that Jaffer, who was on the run for four years, did not appear before the ED despite repeated summonses. He was brought to Nagpur from Chennai under transit remand.
The ED initiated an investigation on the basis of a prosecution complaint filed by DRI, Nagpur under Section 135 of the Customs Act, 1962 against Jaffer and others.
ED investigation revealed that Jaffer had smuggled 13 consignments of red sanders to Dubai by way of replacing the declared goods. The value of the total smuggled red sanders has been calculated to be approximately Rs 68 crore, which excludes one consignment intercepted and seized by the DRI, when it was being attempted to be smuggled., officials further stated.
