5 Sri Lankan Tamils arrive off coast with 17 kg gold, escape

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Press Trust of India Rameswaram (TN)
Last Updated : Jan 15 2019 | 10:25 PM IST

: Five Sri Lankan Tamils carrying 17 kg of gold they had smuggled from the island nation, landed off the coast here in a fibreglass boat and escaped, police said.

They left behind one gold weighing machine in the vessel,
Two others, who planned to go back toSri lanka from Madurai in the same boat were nabbed by Coast Guard personnel off Dhanushkodi coast

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First Published: Jan 15 2019 | 10:25 PM IST

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