Four Sri Lankan gold smugglers arrested in Chennai

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) of India on Wednesday seized 1,867.5 grams of gold biscuits and jewellery worth Rs. 4. 2 million. Four Sri Lankans were arrested in this regard, according to The Hindu on-line report dated June 23.
C. Rajan, Additional Director General, DRI, Chennai, said the arrests followed specific information that Sri Lankans arrived in Chennai with smuggled gold from Colombo on their way to Thiruva-nanthapuram. From there they had come to Chennai by road and checked into a hotel in Mannady. The DRIofficials entered the room in which they were staying. They were identified as Mohammed Susan Akbar, Faseel Mohammed, Faisal Mohammed and Mohammed Fasran.
When the authorities conducted a search, they found a black coloured insulation wrapped packets kept concealed in socks of
Faisal Mohammed from where they seized six foreign marked gold biscuits weighing 600 grams.
24/06/11 The Island

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