The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence's (DRI) Mumbai and Varanasi units have taken into custody five individuals who were found in possession of 13.7 kilograms of illicitly smuggled gold valued at Rs 8.5 crore, according to an official statement on Thursday.

According to the report in PTI, the DRI's Mumbai unit apprehended three members of a gold smuggling syndicate, while the agency's Varanasi unit detained two individuals involved in the same operation.