Gold worth Rs 4.5 crore smuggled from Lanka seized

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Over 150 gold biscuits worth Rs 4.5 crore allegedly smuggled from Sri Lanka were today seized from a car in Nagapattinam district and two persons arrested in this connection, police said.

Acting on a tip-off about gold being smuggled from Sri Lanka to Chennai Airport via Kodiakarai in Nagapattinam district, customs officials carried out intensive vehicle checking in the coastal area.

At Paravai village near Vailankanni, the officials stopped a car and found 156 gold biscuits weighing about 15.6 kg inside. They seized the gold biscuits and arrested the driver and another person in the vehicle. The car was coming from Kodiakadu village near Kodiakarai and was proceeding to Chennai Airport. Source: Press Trust of India)

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come on sri lanka Friday, 11 November 2011 09:17 PM

so its time to catch those " corrupt " sri lannkan customs officers who neglected this, i hope the incumbent DGC will take stern action against those who responsible to let this flowing into India. if not, this will keep on going, and every customs officers will be millionaires in this country .

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