Chennai: Sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence arrested a 51-year-old man from Andhra Pradesh at the Chennai Internatioanl Airport and seized five statues including three 16th century panchaloha idols worth lakhs that he had attempted to smuggle to Hong Kong for sale on Thursday.
Officials suspected that a large network could be operating behind the smuggling attempt. Acting on a tip off, DRI officials intercepted Govindarajulu (51) of Vettipalam, Prakasham district in AP, when he was about to board a flight to Hong Kong early Thursday morning. When his baggage was inspected, the officials said they found three 16th century idols of Mahaveer made of panchaloha (each half a foot in height), one sandalwood statue of Buddha, a rosewood statue of a Chinese god and a few ancient writing instruments.
20/01/12 IBN Live
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