Gold Hunt: India seized 20 kg of smuggled gold..!?

Sowmiya Sriram
Gold Hunt: india seized 20 kg of smuggled gold..!?

Yesterday, the smugglers threw a bag full of gold bars smuggled from sri lanka by country boat into the middle of the sea when the authorities saw them. Today is the second day of the search, and now the gold nuggets lying in the deep sea are being recovered and brought to the shore. The Central Revenue Investigation Department arrested three persons who threw the gold in the middle of the sea after investigating the information about the smuggling of gold near the Mandapam South beach area of Ramanathapuram district and conducted an investigation at a secret location.
The Central Revenue Intelligence Department received a tip-off that gold smuggling was taking place in the gulf of Mannar. Following this, in the gulf of Mannar sea area near Mandapam, the indian Coast Guard and the Central Revenue Intelligence Department were engaged in surveillance work. At that time, the people on the boat threw some items into the sea when they were warned to stop the country boat that came quickly from Sri Lanka. Officers who rushed to the boat arrested three people, including Nagormeeran. They are engaged in the search with divers who are trained in the ability to go into the deep sea to recover items thrown into the sea called scuba diving. The first phase of information revealed that what was thrown into the sea could be gold worth several crores.
Also, Nagormeeran, who has been arrested, has several cases related to gold smuggling. The three arrested persons are being investigated by the Central Revenue Intelligence Department in a secret location. The multi-crore gold bundle that was thrown into the middle of the sea yesterday was not found. In this situation, for the second day today, the security officials have been actively searching under the sea with the help of sophisticated equipment, and the gold bars weighing 20 kg have been recovered so far from the gold bars lying in the sea.
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