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To: Tom Byron who wrote (61625)	12/2/2000 5:06:06 PM
From: Alex	Respond to of 116950

<<Media Advisory - RCMP seize 50 kilos of gold jewellery TORONTO, Dec. 1 /CNW/ - For the past year the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Toronto West Customs & Excise Section, in partnership with Canada Customs have been investigating the alleged criminal activities of a group involved in the smuggling of gold jewellery from South Asia and the United States into Canada. It is alleged that couriers were recruited by members of this group to smuggle the gold into Canada. Over the past few months the RCMP and Canada Customs have made several seizures of gold jewellery from couriers hired by this group totalling 29 kilos valued at over 1 Million dollars. On Thursday, November 30 search warrants were executed at seven (7) locations in Toronto and Brampton. An estimated 50 kilos of alleged smuggled gold jewellery was seized from Thuniaram Wholesale Jewellers, Brampton and India Jewellers, Etobicoke. The approximate value of the seized items is over 2 Million dollars.>> /ATTENTION EDITORS: A Press Conference will be held on Monday, December 4, 2000, 1030 a.m. at the RCMP Press Centre, 25 St. Clair Avenue East, Suite 831, Toronto, Ontario. Exhibits seized will on hand for photo opportunities./ -30- ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE has 120 releases in this database. newswire.ca