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Two held, 221 kg silver seized

Published - December 03, 2018 08:14 am IST - VIJAYAWADA

Siblings allegedly smuggled the metal into the State from Maharashtra

Police Commissioner Ch. Dwaraka Tirumala Rao having a look at the seized silver articles in Vijayawada on Sunday.

Officials of the Commissioner’s Task Force (CTF) seized 221.2 kg of silver smuggled from Maharashtra to Andhra Pradesh.

They arrested four persons - traders Arjun Singh and Raju Singh, siblings from Rajasthan, and workers Naresh Mali and Prajapati Ganapathi. The value of the seized property was put at ₹79.56 lakh. They were getting bills for some quantity to avoid raids.

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