Six rounded up for trying to sell gold coins

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
Last Updated : Jul 07 2013 | 9:40 PM IST
Six persons were today detained for questioning for allegedly trying to sell 42 gold coins that they had found during excavation in Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh around two months back, police said.
According to Tandur Police, five tribals had found as many as 350 gold coins of one and three grams (weighing around 750-800 grams) kept in an earthen pot during excavation at Nagaram village of Tandur mandal in the district around two months ago, they said.
They distributed the gold coins among themselves and later sold off most of them, police said adding that they came to know about the matter when one local businessman informed that the five persons tried to sell some of the coins to him.
Around 40 gold coins were recovered from them, a senior police officer said.
Police were trying to recover the remaining coins, which were sold off earlier.
"Five tribals and the businessman were picked up and were being questioned and it appears that the gold does not carry any antique value," he said.
Further investigations were on.
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First Published: Jul 07 2013 | 9:40 PM IST