Dubai-bound air passenger held at Mangaluru Airport for carrying excess foreign currency
Mangaluru, Dec 18: A passenger who was found to be illegally carrying foreign currency notes worth Rs 4,35,200 was arrested at the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) on Thursday.
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officials detected the currency during checking and took the passenger into custody, airport sources said.
The man has been identified as Tajuddin (39) from Barikkad in Kerala's Kasaragod district.
The man was about to board an Air India flight to Dubai.
CISF officials found that the passenger had concealed Euro and Dirham currency notes inside his undergarments.
The arrested person and the seized currency have been handed over to the customs officials for further action, the sources said.
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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.
