"Acting on a tip-off, the DRI officials seized 25 kg gold worth Rs 6.75 crore from cavity of a Skoda car vehicle near Sachin SEZ area in Surat," a senior DRI official said.
The official said that the DRI's Surat unit got a tip-off yesterday that two people were trying to bring in gold from the SEZ.
Acting on the tip-off, the DRI has nabbed two persons with the gold bars hidden in the cavity of their car's back seat.
"A watch was kept by DRI officers, near Surat SEZ since yesterday and the said vehicle was intercepted under a flyover at the Sachin-Palsana Highway about 5 km from the SEZ gate," the officer said.
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Two people nabbed with the gold have been identified as Bhavesh and Vijay Girase.
"Two people on the vehicle Bhavesh and Vijay Girase admitted that the vehicle carried 25 kg of gold," the officer said, the total quantity of diverted gold bars which amounts to 25 kg, valued at Rs 6.75 crores approximately, was seized.