A four-member gang today waylaid a van carrying gold ingots near here and decamped with three kg gold, police said.
According to the complaint lodged by those who were taking the gold ingots to a jewellery store here, four persons on two motorcycles, waylaid their vehicle at Peelamedu and after attacking them, fled with the bags containing the gold, police said.
It also contained a few kg of silver, they said.
Senior police officials, led by Commissioner, A K Vishwanathan, are investigating the matter.
