Lucknow: DRI officials seized 77 Gold biscuits and arrested two persons, who returned from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, following a high speed chase in Lucknow. According to the DRI official sources, on receiving tip off information that two passengers arriving from Saudi Arabia capital Riyadh would smuggle Gold biscuits weighing 9 Kgs.

As per the intelligence input Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow, the biscuits were to be handed over to people who would then proceed towards Muzaffarnagar. DRI official kept an eye on the suspects once they landed in Lucknow. What followed was a high speed pursuit of two SUVs on the Agra Lucknow expressway. When the DRI officials finally intercepted the vehicles, the two passengers from Riyadh and those who had come to receive them were found inside.

The officials recovered the 77 gold biscuits that had been hidden in their belts and pockets made in their undergarments. DRI official said the main handler was arrested in Lucknow. A customs Hawaldar who allegedly connived with the smugglers in getting them gold through the airport has also been arrested.