Mangaluru: The second Air India flight to Mangalore from Dubai arrived at the Mangalore International Airport on Monday evening with 178 stranded Indians as a part of operation Vande Bharat from UAE due to COVID-19 lockdown.

The first flight from Mangalore from Dubai carrying 177 passengers from UAE had arrived here on May 12.

The passengers after arriving at the airport were facilitated with money transfer, remittance services, local SIM cards, food packages and health kits before they were taken for medical examination at the Airport facility followed by their immigration processes.

Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sindu B Rupesh along with senior officials of District Administration, including Addition DC Roopa, Probationary IAS Officer Rahul Shinde, District DHO Ramachandra Bayari, Aiport Director VV Roa and others were present at the Airport at the time of arrival of the flight.

The passengers were escorted to the quarantine centres of the bus facilities arranged by the District Administration. The swab samples of the passengers will be collected and sent for tests on Tuesday.

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Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.

A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.

He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.

During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.

Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.

As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.