Officials of the Central Excise and Customs seized gold weighing 11 kg from the Mumbai-bound Jnaneswari Express between Rajgangpur and Jharsuguda on Thursday.
Acting on a tipoff about the smuggling of the precious yellow metal, the officials conducted a raid on the moving train and seized gold biscuits estimated worth around Rs 4 crore. The train was en-route to Mumbai from Howrah.
The sleuths also detained two persons and grilled them in this connection. Both detained persons are reportedly residents of Mumbai. For further investigation, the officials later handed the two over to Bhubaneswar Central Excise and Customs officials, sources said.