CHENNAI: Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (
DRI), Chennai zone, seized 23.1kg of
gold from Rameswaram-Chennai Sethu Express train when it reached at
Egmore railway here on Thursday.
Acting on information about
smuggling of huge quantity of gold, DRI officials conducted searches on Rameswaram-Chennai Sethu Express train and seized 123 gold bars from smugglers.
The smugglers were travelling from Rameswaram and had concealed the gold bars in specially designed pouches around their waist.
The gold bars had been smuggled in from
Sri Lanka on a boat and then carried to Chennai by train, the DRI said.
The smugglers were arrested. Further investigations were on.
(Representative image)
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