Hyderabad: Sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Thursday, September 12, seized 3982 grams of smuggled foreign gold valued at Rs 2.94 crore and held the two people who were in possession of the concealed gold.
DRI officers apprehended the Calgary White colour TATA Nexon car in the outskirts of Hyderabad on Thursday and seized huge quantity of gold.
Investigation revealed that the smuggled gold was ingeniously concealed in two specially made cavities. One secret cavity was on the left side of the driver seat below the dashboard and the other was on the frame of the trunk behind the car.
The Foreign origin gold has been seized and the two persons travelling in the car were arrested under the provisions of the Customs, Act, 1962 and investigation is under progress.
