TIRUPATI: Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) sleuths seized seven kilograms of gold jewellery worth around Rs 3 crore and Rs 10 lakh in cash during vehicular checks at Panchalingala checkpost in Kurnool district on Sunday.
SEB circle inspector P Sreenivasulu said Ajay Gadiya and D Prakash, who had purchased large quantities of gold jewellery at an outlet in Hyderabad, were transporting it in a car to Bengaluru. The duo could not produce proper bills or documents. Ajay and Prakash told the police that they were shifting the gold to Sovan Jewellers at Nagarathpete in Bengaluru. SEB sleuths handed over the seized jewellery, cash and the accused to Kurnool taluk police.
Meanwhile, CH Sudheer Kumar Reddy assumed charge as the new superintendent of police at the district police office in Kurnool on Sunday.
