LUCKNOW, Oct. 28 -- The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Lucknow unit seized 1.996 kg of foreign-origin gold, valued at approximately Rs.2.76 crore, from two passengers travelling on a Delhi-bound bus in Barabanki on Monday, officials said on Tuesday. Acting on specific intelligence that the duo, residents of Siddharthnagar district, were transporting gold allegedly smuggled from Nepal to Delhi, DRI officers intercepted the bus and conducted a search. The two passengers had boarded the bus in Basti after travelling from Siddharthnagar and had allegedly booked their tickets using fictitious names to conceal their identities, according to the agency. A search led to the recovery of two bars of high-purity, foreign-origin gold weighing 1.996 kg. The gold had been concealed beneath the sole of a shoe worn by one of the passengers, officials said. The seized gold was valued at approximately Rs.2.76 crore, and the passengers were arrested under the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962....