Special AI flight with 65 passengers arrives from Muscat in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: In continuing evacuation of Indian citizens stranded abroad due to COVID-19 lockdown, a special repatriation flight from Muscat landed here with 65 passengers on Wednesday night.
The Air India flight, part of the Centre's Vande Bharat mission, brought 178 passengers from Muscat and landed first at Bengaluru where the other passengers alighted, airport sources said.
The flight, first repatriation flight from Oman to the city, touched down at the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) at 8.05 pm, the sources said.
Arrangements had been made for food kit distribution, money exchange and other facilities for the passengers.
All the passengers were screened and tested to ensure they were asymptomatic to COVID-19.
The returnees were then taken in buses for the mandatory 14-day quarantine at hotels or hostels here as per their choice. They were directed to download the Arogya Sethu and Apthamitra apps for contact tracing.
The first repatriation flight landed here on May 12 from Dubai, followed by another flight on May 18, ferrying a total of 357 passengers.
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Bengaluru customs arrest Bangkok flyer with drugs worth 2.8 crores at KIAL
Bengaluru: Customs sleuths on Tuesday arrested a passenger arriving from Bangkok at the Kempegowda International Airport for allegedly trafficking drugs.
During routine checking at the airport, customs officials seized a large quantity of hydroponic cannabis from the passenger’s luggage.
Officials said around 8 kg of hydroponic cannabis was recovered, with its estimated market value pegged at approximately Rs 2.8 crore.
In a separate case on the same day, customs officials recovered about 900 grams of ganja, worth around Rs 31.5 lakh, from another passenger who had arrived from Hong Kong.
According to the officials, both passengers had concealed the narcotic substances inside their luggage in an attempt to evade detection.
The customs department has taken both the accused into custody and have initiated questioning.
A probe in connection with the incident is underway, and legal action is being pursued against them under the relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
