Bokaro: Giridih police on Saturday seized around 19 kg of silver bars worth approximately Rs 50 lakh from a car during a vehicle-checking drive and detained two occupants for questioning.
Tip-Off Leads to Seizure
Officer in-charge of Town police station Ratan Kumar Singh said that acting on a tip-off that a car transporting a huge quantity of silver had entered Giridih town, police personnel set up checkpoints and intercepted the suspicious vehicle. During the search, officers recovered the silver bars from inside the car.
Detained Individuals and Investigation
A police officer said the two detained persons had allegedly come to Giridih to deliver the silver consignment to a local jewellery trader. “An FIR has been registered and further investigation is underway,” Singh said, adding that senior officers had been informed about the development.
During interrogation, one of the detained claimed to be a native of Maharashtra currently residing in Hazaribag. The other person is from Hazaribag, police said. The detained men, however, said that they had valid documents for the silver consignment, police said. Giridih SP Bimal Kumar was not available for comment.
The seizure is part of an ongoing crackdown on illegal transportation of precious metals in the region. Police are verifying the documents provided by the suspects and probing the source of the silver bars.
