Gold bars worth Rs 6.3 crore seized from sea bed; Two arrested

The Coast Guard and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence officials on Wednesday recovered gold bars worth Rs 6.3 crore from the sea bed in the Gulf of Mannar off the Tamil Nadu coast. Two people have been arrested in this connection.  The two-day joint operation took place after DRI sources received a tip-off that gold was being smuggled into India through the sea from Sri Lanka.

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