Rs 38.60 cr worth cocaine seized at Bengaluru airport; passenger arrested
Bengaluru (PTI): A passenger arriving from Brazil’s Sao Paulo was arrested at Kempegowda International Airport after customs officials seized cocaine worth Rs 38.60 crore from him.
The passenger, whose identity has not been disclosed, was intercepted at terminal 2 of the airport.
"On January 21, Bengaluru Customs officers at Kempegowda International Airport, Terminal 2, intercepted a passenger arriving from Sao Paulo and seized 7.72 kg of cocaine valued at Rs 38.60 crore," Bengaluru Customs said in a post on 'X' on Thursday.
The passenger has been arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, it added.
Further investigation is underway.
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Four held in Kalaburagi for brutal murder of man
Kalaburagi: Four men have been arrested in Kalaburagi on charge of hacking a man with lethal weapons and pelting stones at him under the limits of Station Bazaar Police Station recently.
According to police sources, Anand Jalak Shinde (34), Ashitosh Jalak Shinde (30), Imran Mehboob Sheikh (28) and Sohaib Anwar Qureshi have been arrested. The men are accused of the brutal murder of Syed Mehboob, a resident of Station Bazaar Upper Line Hamalawadi in the city.
An FIR was filed by the Station Bazaar Police Station based on a complaint given by Syed Ismail, father of the deceased Syed Mehboob.
Following quick probe, the police team successfully arrested the suspects within 24 hours. The arrested men were produced in court and have been sent to judicial custody.
The City Police Commissionerate has appreciated in an official release the police team’s quick solving of the murder case and arrest of the four men accused of murdering Syed Mehboob.
