Coimbatore Dec 30 PTI Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence DRI seized 22 kg of gold worth Rs12 crore at the international airport here from four passengers who arrived from Sharjah in the early hours of Thursday Acting on a tip-off the officials kept a strict watch and took into custody four people who arrived by the Sharjah flight moving around in a suspicious manner in the airport police said On being questioned they revealed that powdered gold and ingots were kept in their rectum and the officials seized it along with gold bracelet and chains from their pockets all weighing 22 kg valued at Rs12 crore The four were identified as Sakubar Sadhiq Syes Mohammed Kaleel Rahman Mustaffa Nasaruddin Mohammed Thambi and Dastagir Khajamoideen and hailed from Ramanathapuram they said Further investigations are on with regard to the destination of smuggled items and the people behind it police added PTI NVM SS SS
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