Two large pieces of gold having a purity of 24 karats, weighing 1022 grams and 850 grams respectively valued at Rs 1,08,10,800 were extracted from paste-like materials concealed in shoes and underwear worn by children of a male passenger, a release said.
The Farmers Association under the leadership of Ayyakannu had earlier also on September 25 staged a half-naked protest in Trichy by holding parts of the human skeleton and demanding the sharing of Cauvery water to save the standing 'kuruvai' crop cultivation in Tamil Nadu.
Member of Parliament and Congress leader Manickam Tagore on Wednesday condemned two organisations for conducting mock funerals of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka during the Cauvery water protest and advised them to protest with dignity in a decent way.
Farmers in Trichy engaged in an unexpected way as a token of protest against Karnataka and the central government demanding Cauvery water release from Karnataka to Tamil Nadu.
The customs air intelligence unit at Trichy airport foiled an attempt to smuggle about 348.00 gram of gold in the form of paste concealed in jeans on Saturday.
The Air Intelligence Unit at Trichy Airport in Tamil Nadu seized one piece of gold bar seized one piece of gold bar on Sunday, said Trichy Customs Officials.
In a tit-for-tat response to DMK leader and Tamil Nadu minister Udhayanidhi Stalin being booked over his rant against Sanatan Dharma, an FIR was filed against BJP's IT cell head, Amit Malviya, for allegedly 'spreading misinformation' and 'distorting' the remarks made by the former, Trichy po
"On September 3, 2023, Trichy Airport Customs seized Foreign currency from a Passenger equivalent to 50,000 Saudi Arabian Riyal (Rs.10,75,000) while boarding for Dubai by Air India flight IX 611 from Trichy. The currency was ingeniously concealed in a mobile charger and power bank," said the