Gold worth Rs 24.44 lakh seized at Mangaluru airport
Mangaluru, Apr 18: Air Customs officials at Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) on Sunday seized 504 grams of gold worth Rs 24.44 lakh from a passenger from Dubai.
The accused passenger, identified as Aboobakar Siddiq Pulikoor Mohammed of Kasaragod in Kerala, disembarked the Air India Express flight IX 384 coming from Dubai in the early hours of Sunday.
The passenger tried to smuggle gold by concealing it in his worn socks, a Customs release here said.
Further investigation and proceedings in accordance with the law is under progress.
A surveillance team led by customs deputy commissioner Kapil Gade profiled and intercepted the passenger soon after he disembarked the flight.
(1/2) Gold (paste form) concealed in worn socks and valued at ₹24.44 lakhs has been seized from a passenger who arrived from Dubai on 18.04.2021.@cbic_india @blrcustoms @AircusM #intercepted #indiancustomsatwork pic.twitter.com/WdpUIcaUU2
— Customs-Mangaluru (@Cusmglr) April 18, 2021
(2/2) gold was ingeniously concealed in a worn sock. pic.twitter.com/Lx3VmvaEUp
— Customs-Mangaluru (@Cusmglr) April 18, 2021
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Sex racket busted in Navi Mumbai; two girls rescued, one man arrested
Thane (PTI): Two minor girls were rescued after a prostitution racket was busted in Navi Mumbai, a police official said on Monday.
On a tip off about one Harish running a flesh trade racket, the Navi Mumbai Crime Branch started a probe on February 20, the official said.
"A decoy customer was sent to verify the information, following which a trap was laid in front of a hotel in Sector 11. The Anti Human Trafficking Cell nabbed Harish Vikas Chhari, a resident of Koparkhairane, while his associate Raj Singh is on the run. Two minor girls were rescued," the CBD Belapur police station official said.
A case has been registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the official added.
