CBI books six customs officers in Bengaluru in gold missing case
Bengaluru: The CBI has booked six customs officials in connection with the alleged disappearance of gold weighing 2.6 kg from a warehouse at the airport in the city.
The gold was seized at the Kempegowda international airport here from 13 passengers between June 8, 2012, and 26 March 2014.
On October 12, 2020, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case against two assistant commissioners, three superintendents of central tax, and another officer.
In its report, the CBI stated that the Directorate General of Vigilance of Hyderabad Zonal Unit of Customs department had conducted an internal investigation and found that it was during the tenure of these officials at the airport that the gold went missing.
The six officers who were in charge of the mishandled baggage godown were entrusted with the gold seizure from the passengers, the CBI pointed out.
"They abused their official position and did not carry out the inventory of the gold and did not hand over the yellow metal received from the seizing officers to the MHB officers of the next shift," the CBI said in its FIR.
All the six have been booked under section 409 (criminal breach of trust) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and 13(1)(c) (fraudulent misappropriation) and 13(2) (criminal misconduct) of the Prevention of Corruption Act-1988.
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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.
