Custom officials at Mangaluru Airport seize gold worth nearly 32 lakh rupees from passenger
Mangaluru: Custom officials at the Mangaluru International Airport on Saturday seized gold worth lakhs of rupees that was being illegally smuggled by a passenger. The officials have taken the passenger into their custody.
The accused has been identified as Mohammed Arshad, a resident of Bengre Kasaba.
According to the reports, the accused arrived on an Air India flight at the airport from Dubai. The gold weighing 664 grams worth rupees 31,73,920 was seized from him during the custom checking after arriving at the airport.
The officials said the gold was being smuggled mixed with gum and in powder form.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
