Mumbai: Man held for bid to smuggle Rs 1.5 cr-worth diamonds out of country
Mumbai (PTI): The Customs department has arrested a man from the Mumbai international airport for allegedly trying to smuggle diamonds worth Rs 1.49 crore out of the country by hiding them in tea powder pouches kept in his luggage, officials said.
The 30-year-old accused, Mukkim Raza Ashraf Mansuri, was arrested on Wednesday by the Air Intelligence Unit of the Customs department when he was about to fly to Dubai, a Customs official said.
"Mansuri, a resident of Null Bazar area in south Mumbai, was arrested at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. He was about to travel to Dubai in a private airliner flight. During the checking of his hand baggage, a suspicious packet of a major tea brand was found," he said.
When the packet was opened, 34 diamonds kept in eight small pouches of a branded tea powder were found, the official said.
"The diamonds weighed 1,559.68 carats and were worth Rs 1.49 crore," he said.
During his interrogation, it came to light that Mansuri was promised Rs 5,000 for smuggling the diamonds out of the country, the official said, adding that he has been arrested under the Customs Act.
Officers of Mumbai Air Customs on 9th August seized 1559.6 Carat Natural and Lab grown Diamonds worth Rs 1.49 Cr from an Indian National travelling to Dubai, which were ingeniously concealed inside a tea packet. The passenger is arrested and remanded to Judicial custody. pic.twitter.com/5OL8uG6zf4
— Mumbai Customs-III (@mumbaicus3) August 11, 2023
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Kalaburagi: 29-year-old woman’s body found in burnt state 5 yrs after ‘separation’ from husband
Kalaburagi: A 29-year-old woman, Jyothi, who was a resident of the Sangameshwara Colony in the city, was allegedly murdered and her body set on fire, in an incident reported from Itaga village of Kalaburagi taluk.
Jyothi, who got married 10 years ago, had left her husband five years ago, returned to her parents’ house and was living there since then. Jyothi had gone out of home on Thursday morning; in the afternoon, however, her body was found in a charred state.
Farhatabad Police officers have registered a case and are investigating. They have suspected the deceased woman to have been murdered and a family feud to be the reason for the possible murder.
