About 200 kg of sea cucumber, an endangered species, worth about Rs 50 lakh and meant to be smuggled to Sri Lanka, was seized by marine police from a boat off Mandapam in the district.
Three of the five persons in the boat were arrested, while two managed to escape, police said.
A hunt was on to nab them, they said.
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