DRI seizes 10 kg of smuggled foreign gold after intercepting car in A.P.’s Nellore, three held

Officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 7.79 kg of smuggled gold from a car on Chennai-Kolkata national highway near Venkatachalam toll plaza in the Nellore district. According to a release from DRI on Saturday, the car was intercepted by the officers on June 7 and 7.79 kg of gold, smuggled in from abroad, was seized. The gold had been concealed inside the car’s rear seat. Following further inquiry, the officers seized 2.47 kg of smuggled foreign-marked gold from a receiver in Hyderabad. The two occupants of the car and the receiver were arrested and later remanded.