Kozhikode: Young woman arrested outside Karipur airport for smuggling gold worth close to Rs 1 crore
Kozhikode (Ker), Dec 26: A young woman who returned from Dubai was arrested from outside the Karipur Airport here on Monday morning for allegedly smuggling close to two kg of gold, worth around Rs one crore, in the undergarments she was wearing, police said.
An officer of Karipur police station said three packets of the gold, in mixed paste form, were sewn into her undergarments.
The contraband was not detected by Customs personnel at the airport, but police, based on a tip, were waiting for the 19-year old woman at the terminal's parking area, the officer.
When questioned she denied the allegation, but on examining her the packets of gold were found, he said.
The seized gold weighed around 1.88 kg, the officer added.
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Three bodies suspected to be of missing persons found near near Manipur-Assam border
Imphal (PTI): Three bodies suspected to be of six persons missing were found near the confluence of Jiri river and Barak river along Manipur-Assam border, officials said on Saturday.
The bodies were found around 16 km from Borobekra in Jiribam district on Friday night from where the six persons went missing, officials in Jiribam district told PTI.
The bodies are yet to be identified but it is suspected that the three bodies were of those of the six persons who went missing. The bodies which were retrieved by Assam Rifles were taken to Silchar Medical College for identification and autopsy, they said.
Earlier, the Jiri United Committee (JUC) in Jiribam district had imposed a 48-hour general strike in the district demanding the safe release of the six missing persons.
Meanwhile, as news of the recovery of three bodies spread across Imphal Valley, tension rose in all five districts with state authorities declaring a holiday for schools and colleges for the day.
