A Guwahati-based bullion¹ trader has been arrested for smuggling² 7,000kg of gold through the Indo-Myanmar border and bringing it to Delhi.

日前，高哈蒂一名金条商人因将7000公斤黄金带过印度与缅甸边境并走私至德里而被捕。

A probe from revenue intelligence officials has revealed that the trader had made hundreds of smuggling trips, and is said to be the mastermind of Rs 2,000 crore smuggling racket.

印度税收情报局官员的调查显示，这名商人为了走私，已经往返印缅边境数百次。据悉，这名团伙主脑的涉案金额达到了200亿卢比。

One Narendra Kumar Jain, found himself under suspicion when the Directorate of Intelligence seized his 10 kg gold consignment³ at IGI Airport early this month.

本月早些时候，税收情报局在首都新德里英迪拉·甘地国际机场发现纳兰德拉·卡马尔·杰恩托运的货物中藏有总重10公斤的金条，随即遭到怀疑。

Kumar and his Delhi-based aide, was then arrested and a number of private airline staffers are also being quizzed in this connection.

后来，卡马尔和他德里的助手被逮捕，一家私人航空公司的数名涉案员工正接受调查。

Sustained interrogation revealed that Jain had made 617 trips to Guwahati for the purpose of smuggling gold over a period of past two-and-a-half years.

随后的审讯证实，在两年半的时间里，杰恩去了高哈蒂617次，目的就是为了走私黄金。

So far, smugglers were known for using train and bus routes to carry smuggled⁵ gold into different parts of India.

到目前为止，走私者惯用的伎俩是通过火车和公共汽车将走私来的黄金运往印度各地。

However, Jain had adopted a new modus operandi. He used to smuggle⁴ 24 carat purity gold bars into India. Once the gold bars were received in Guwahati, he would declare and book gold as valuable cargo⁶ in domestic flights between Guwahati and Delhi.

但是，杰恩却发明了一种新的作案手段。他向印度境内走私了24克拉纯金金条。金条到达高哈蒂之后，他就会搭乘国内航班，以运输贵重物品的方式把黄金运至德里等地。

Interestingly, he was using a particular private airline for this purpose.

有趣的是，为了这个目的，他一直乘坐某个特定的私人航空公司的航班。

Investigations⁷ have revealed that the airline staffers knew that gold was being transported through the cargo.

调查还显示，航空公司的员工知道托运的是黄金。

Jain has previous arrests for smuggling of gold. He was arrested by enforcement agencies in Guwahati in February 2015 for smuggling gold of about 12 kgs and was later released on bail⁸.

杰恩此前因为走私黄金而被捕过。2015年2月，他在高哈蒂因为走私12公斤黄金被执法机关逮捕，后被保释。

Sleuths are trying to identify the buyers of the smuggled gold suspected to be in the NCR region in adjoining states.

警官们正在试图确认走私黄金买家的身份--有可能来自邻国的首都地区。