Honnavar: Honnavar police have seized seven lakh rupees which were being transported without any documents in a government car on Honnavar-Bengaluru highway in Honnavar town on Tuesday. 

According to police, the cash was being ferried by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) engineer Ganga Naik in his official car.

Acting on a tip-off, Honnavar police recovered cash from his car near a hotel on Honnavar-Bengaluru in Honnavar town. It is said that the engineer was carrying money of a Kumta resident Dheeru Shanbhag to Bangaramakki village. Naik was in the car when police recovered the money. Police will send report to election returning officer (RO).