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An Indian Coast Guard (ICG) squad connected Monday seized adjacent Mandapam painkiller tablets worthy ₹3.28 crore that were astir to beryllium smuggled to Sri Lanka.
The ICG unit were connected patrol connected a hovercraft successful the Gulf of Mannar country disconnected Mandapam successful Ramanathapuram district. At that time, immoderate smugglers were unloading the contraband from a motortruck connected the formation betwixt Vedalai and Seeniappa Dargah.
Upon spotting the ICG personnel, the smugglers fled the country with the truck, leaving down the contraband connected the beach. The ICG unit seized the contraband, which comprised 8,46,000 painkiller tablets, packed successful 12 boxes, intended for smuggling to Sri Lanka. Their worth of the tablets is estimated astatine ₹3.28 crore.
Subsequently, the seized tablets were handed implicit to Mandapam Customs Office.
An probe is nether mode to apprehend the smugglers.
