Chennai

The joint operation took place after two people were nabbed and their fishing boat seized at Mandapam near Rameswaram on March 3, a defence release said.

Officials in CG Hovercraft H-197 and interceptor craft IC-114 undertook diving operations in the Gulf of Mannar and recovered the contraband.

Officials recovered a cloth package and retrieved gold bars weighing 15 kg concealed in it, it said.

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