A person on a country boat tossed the consignment into the sea on seeing the chasing Coast Guard vessel. The gold was later retrieved.
The smugglers reportedly tossed the contraband into the see on seeing a trailing Coast Guard vessel. (Representational pic/ Wikimedia Commons)
In a joint operation involving the Coast Guard and Customs, the DRI has seized over ₹3 crore worth gold smuggled from Sri Lanka and dumped in the sea off Vedhalai coast in Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu. An official release on Saturday, 6 April, said the agencies recovered 4.9 kg from the seabed on 5 April near Ramanathapuram.