Three quintal silver seized

July 24, 2016 12:00 am | Updated 07:54 am IST - Patna:

The police on Saturday busted an inter-State gang involved in smuggling of silver by arresting five persons and seizing smuggled silver from a place under Danapur police station area of the district.

Acting on a tip-off provided by Senior Superintendent of Police Manu Maharaj, a team of Danapur police station recovered the precious metal in the form of silver biscuits from a vehicle in which they were going to Agra. A statement from SSP office said that the vehicle in which the silver biscuits were hidden in a specially carved box under the seat was chased by the police team following which the smuggled silver was recovered. - PTI

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