Bengaluru: After 30-min chase, DRI team seizes gold bars worth Rs 4.7 crore; 2 nabbed

Bengaluru: On Friday, in a fresh incident, a team of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence from Bengaluru has arrested two members of a gang smuggling gold bars worth Rs 4.7 crore. The Bangaluru revenue intelligence department’s sleuths nabbed the two men in Chitradurga after a 30-minute chase.

After being suspicious of the car, the DRI team chased down the smugglers on the outskirts of Chitradurga town, including the driver. Both the passengers have been identified in their early 30s.

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence team sleuths have got the input that large quantities of gold were being smuggled from Kerala to Andhra Pradesh via Karnataka. After that, a search was launched to trace the consignment.

As per the report, gold was hidden in a secret cavity of the passenger seat of the sedan they were travelling in. Police estimated the weight of gold around 9.3 kg.

While commenting on the operation a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence officials said that on Friday they increased the surveillance after information of Kerala registration car is being used to transport gold. The DRI official added, ” Our team spotted the vehicle and attempted to stop it but the driver ran over the barricades and sped away,” as saying was quoted by the Times of India.

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