Based on a tip-off that two people were transporting gold bars from Delhi by Rajdhani, investigators intercepted the train when it reached Gummidipoondi railway station and boarded it. They identified the smugglers and tailed them to a house at Kodambakkam where they delivered the consignment.
The two carriers were arrested when they were leaving the house while the two Sri Lankan nationals were arrested after the house was raided and the contraband was seized. It is suspected that the duo, who came by the train, might have brought the gold from Dubai as instructed by the two Sri Lankans, said an official.
The DRI officials had seized 25 kg of gold from Chennai and Delhi the other day.
A senior DRI official said the operation began with the arrest of two passengers at the New Delhi's IGI airport soon after they arrived from Singapore. "They were carrying gold bars weighing 9kg. There we got the tip-off of another team smuggling gold from Delhi to Chennai via train," said the official.
During questioning, they disclosed the involvement of two others in Chennai. The arrested have been remanded in judicial custody for 14 days on Saturday. The owner of the house in Kodambakkam is absconding.
This is the second major seizure since March when DRI caught a senior diplomat from the UAE for allegedly smuggling 37kg gold jewellery, estimated to be worth about Rs 10 crore, at the IGI airport.
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