Sea cucumber, cardamom worth ₹17 lakh seized by Marine Police in Devipattinam
The Hindu
A gang had brought the banned items from Kayalpattinam in Thoothukudi district and were planning to transport them to Sri Lanka, police said
Sea cucumbers, cardamom and other banned items all worth about ₹17 lakh were seized by the Marine Police, Devipattinam and six persons were detained in the early hours on Tuesday. Police said that following a tip-off, they had stepped up the surveillance and intervened a gang along the coastal hamlet. Preliminary inquiries revealed that they had brought the banned items from Kayalpattinam in Thoothukudi district. Based on the confessions of one man, Saddam Hussain (28) of Kayalpattinam, police found that the gang had planned to transport the contraband to Sri Lanka, through an agent. Their plan was to store it in Devipattinam and take it at midnight through hired boats.
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