2 DRI officials injured during bid to stop car of smugglers in Kerala

Two officials of theDepartment of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) were injured whenthey were hit by a car carrying smugglers which they tried tostop outside the Karipur airport near here on Sunday,officials said.

The injured officials have been admitted to a hospitalhere, the DRI officials said.

Two of their officials were injured when they tried tostop the car carrying the gold smugglers outside the Karipurairport, they said.

One smuggler has been taken into custody while twomanaged to flee after their car lost control and hit a tree,DRI officials said.

Four kilograms of gold have been recovered from the car,they added.

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