Mangaluru: Man fakes robbery to lay hands on hawala money; Five arrested
Mangaluru, Mar 26: In a twist to the case in which a man had complained that a gang robbed him of Rs 16.2 lakh, police said the investigation revealed that the complainant himself was part of a hawala racket.
Addressing reporters here, city Police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar said the robbery was stage-managed and the probe led to the busting of the racket involving crores of rupees.
Five people have been arrested in this connection and Rs 95,000 in cash, a car and a bike have been seized from them, the Commissioner said.
The Commissioner said Abdul Salam lodged a complaint on March 4 alleging three men waylaid him on February 22.
Inspection of CCTV footage revealed the involvement of four or five men.
Further investigations revealed that Abdul Salam had taken money from a person for hawala transactions and he, along with five or six others, were working as hawala agents.
One of the arrested is said to be the mastermind behind the robbery drama to lay hands on the hawala money.
The complainant Salam is absconding, the Commissioner said, adding that police are on the lookout for a few others wanted in the case.
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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.
