500 gm gold, foreign currency seized from bus passenger near Tamil Nadu's ErodeActing on a tip-off, police intercepted the Hyderabad-Coimbatore bus on the National Highway at Lakshminagar near Bhavani.
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Erode, Tamil Nadu: Half a kilo of gold biscuits and 100 foreign dollars were seized from a passenger travelling on an omnibus in Chitode near Erode on Saturday morning, police said.
Acting on a tip-off, police intercepted the Hyderabad-Coimbatore bus on the National Highway at Lakshminagar near Bhavani.
During the search, they found the gold and foreign currency in a bag belonging to Pugazvasan from Singanallore in Coimbatore. He was taken into police custody along with his belongings, including three mobile phones and a laptop, police added.
Further investigation is underway, and police have not yet disclosed whether the accused has been arrested.