Gold worth over Rs. 58 lac seized from two passengers at Mangaluru Airport; two arrested
Custom officials at the Mangaluru International Airport arrested two people who were allegedly trying to smuggle gold in two different cases on Sunday and seized gold worth Rs. 58.95 lac.
The arrested accused have been identified as Mohammed Swalih Chappathodi (22), a resident of Mallapuram in Kerala and Mohammed Nishad Cheruvanassery (25).
Both the accused arrived in two different flights. Swalih arrived from Dubai on a SpiceJet flight while Nishad arrived from Dubai on an Air India flight with 797 grams and 655 grams of gold respectively. Gold seized from Swalih is estimated to be worth Rs.32, 35,820 while gold seized from Nishad is estimated to be worth Rs.26.59 lac.
Both the accused had reportedly concealed capsules containing gold in paste form inside their rectum. Both the accused were produced before the Additional Cheif Judicial Magistrate Court, Mangaluru.
“The Customs officials comprising Superintendents Sreelakshmi, Gopinath, Savitha Kotian, Ramavtar Meena, and Inspector Samala Mohan Reddy, were instrumental in the detection and seizure of the gold concealed by the passengers” an official press release stated.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
