Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Chennai zonal unit, seized 15.2 kg of gold bars that were smuggled from Sri Lanka and arrested two persons transporting them in a car near Papanadu village in Thanjavur district on Wednesday.

Acting on a tip-off a team of DRI officers intercepted a car and questioned the occupants, Karthikeyan and Sheik Fareed, who admitted to having concealed the smuggled gold bars.

There were 80 foreign marked gold bars and 24 pieces of crude gold bars, totally weighing 15.2 kg and valued at Rs. 4.1 crore.

(The Hindu)