A patrol of the customs guard of Skhira, seized on Saturday evening, 13 gold bars weighing 28.8 KG and nearly €600 thousand (about 1.7 million dinars) from a car registered in Libya.

The car was intercepted at the level of an agricultural path in the region of Sbiha of the delegation of Mida in the governorate of Sfax, following an ambush by customs officers.

Customs officials were informed that a Libyan car, coming from Gafsa, was transporting smuggled goods to south-east Tunisia.

At 10 p.m., the suspicious car was detected but the driver fled when a customs officer signalled him to stop. The customs officers chased him until they found the car abandoned by the driver.

A search of the vehicle revealed a cache under the spare wheel in the back trunk, where they found currency and 24-karat bars worth nearly 4.7 million dinars.

The investigation revealed that the number plate of the vehicle is false and undeclared.