350 kg silver; 2 detained in Brahmapur

| | BRAHMAPUR | in Bhubaneswar

The Gosaninuagoan police on Monday seized 350 kg of silver and detained two persons for questioning in this connection while they were not able to produce the requisite documents.

One of the detained was identified as a jeweller of Big Bazaar here and the other was the driver of a car. The police also seized the car from their procession.

Sources said that while the accused were returning to their home in Brahmapur from Bhubaneswar with the silver, the police incepted them during a regular checking near the Aandha Pasara Road.

Gosaninuagoan PS IIC Kulamani Sethi said the silver owner and the car driver were detained and investigation was on. The cost of the silver was estimated to be of Rs 2 crore, Sethi added.