Gold concealed in watch straps, toy cars, pen refills seized at Mangalore Airport

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September 20, 2014

Mangalore, Sep 20: Yet another modus operandi of smuggling gold from gulf countries to India has come to light. Officers of Customs at Mangalore International Airport have again foiled the attempt to smuggle and seized seized gold totally weighing 878 grams in two separate cases valued at Rs 23,48,650.

If it was gold foils earlier, and followed by foils in cardboards containing toys and stickers affixed to them and around the walls of potato wafer tins, this time it was gold concealed in watch straps, toy cars, pen refills and other items.

In the first case, officers seized gold in the form of wire rods, beads, pieces in assorted sizes and shapes totally weighing 436 grams valued at Rs11.66 lakh concealed in watch straps, toy cars, pen refills, electric plugs, key chain, magnetic wrist band, fancy chain/bracelet, alarm clock, zip holder of bag pack and so on kept and brought in checked in baggage of Mohammed Ashraf Parakatta, resident of Ashit Manzil, 204 AC, 9/314A, Kudlu post in Kasargod district.

In a similar modus operandi, officers seized gold in the form of wire rods, beads, pieces in assorted sizes and shapes, weighing 442 grams and valued at Rs 11.82 lakh concealed in watch straps, toy cars, pen refills, electric plugs, key chain, magnetic wrist band, fancy chain/bracelet, alarm clock and other items which were kept in the checked in baggage of Suhaib Thalangara Mohamood, resident of Kadavath, Thalangara Post, Kasargod district in Kerala.

While Mohammed Ashraf arrived at MIA at Kenjar near here at 8.15am by Jet Airways flight 9W531 from Dubai, Suhaib Thalangara arrived earlier at 4.45am by Air India flight IX 814 from Dubai. The operations were conducted under the supervision of Krishna Kumar Prasad, Deputy Commissioner of Customs, Mangalore International Airport. Further investigation is under progress in these cases, B Jayabalasundari, joint commissioner of customs stated.

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March 19,2024

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Mangaluru: The Mangalore International Airport (MIA) will connect to a new domestic destination with the introduction of a non-stop flight to Tiruchirappalli International Airport in Tamil Nadu. 

The non-stop service, once-a-week, will operate on Wednesday (from TIA) and Thursday (from MIA), starting April 3. Air India Express will operate the flight.

The flight is expected to help those taking up a pilgrimage to Vailankani shrine.

Sources from the AIE said that the airline carrier decided to fly non-stop between the two southern Indian cities as a flight to Jeddah, which will start from April 3, arrives from Tiruchirappalli International Airport. 

“It is a ferry or positional flight from TIA to MIA. Instead of flying empty, the management has decided to run it as a commercial flight. This will help both passengers and the airline. The airline will deploy Boeing 737-800 aircraft with a 186-seater all-economy configuration on this route. 

The same flight, after landing in MIA, will further fly to Jeddah,” a source said. 

The flight IX 1498 will depart every Thursday at 5am from MIA to TIA. The TIA-MIA flight IX 1499 departs at 12.50pm. It is a one-hour nonstop flight. The same flights will also operate nonstop between Jeddah and MIA. 

The non-stop flight IX 499 will depart MIA at 2.50pm and reach King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah at 6.25pm. The IX498, will depart from Jeddah at 7.25pm and reach MIA early at 3.40am.

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March 27,2024

Bengaluru: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday launched simultaneous raids in multiple places, including Bengaluru and Shivamogga.

Reports suggested that the ongoing raids are in connection with the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram Cafe on March 1. The blast had injured at least ten people as per the police report.

The Central Crime Branch (CCB) had launched an investigation alongside the NIA, and the trail of the suspect led them to Tumakuru first and subsequently to Ballari. Investigators believe that the bomb was planted by Mussavir Hussain Shazib, a handler of the Islamic State’s Shivamogga module who was aided by another IS handler called Ahmed Taahaa.

Sources in the know said that Shazib and Taahaa had stayed in Chennai for about a month between January and February using fake credentials. The names of the suspects were identified after they traced the cap worn by Shazib to a shop in a mall in Chennai. The cap, which was abandoned by the bomber in Bengaluru after the blast, was reportedly bought by Taahaa, around January-end.

As per the NIA, Shazib hails from Masjid Road in Thirthahalli, Shivamogga district, and Taahaa from Fish Market Road, Soppu Gude, Thirthahalli Rural. Both "wanted" suspects have been termed "absconders" by the NIA.

The NIA has questioned seven jailed terror suspects so far in connection with the blast. The investigation agency had also obtained seven-day custody of a jailed terror suspect named Maaz Muneer Ahmed.

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March 21,2024

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Mangaluru: A man from Dakshina Kannada was duped of Rs 2.5 lakh after he was promised a Poland visa.

In a complaint, a resident of Belthangady, stated that the accused, Manoj, had promised a job for his son in Poland. 

Between May 22 of last year and March 19, he handed over Rs 2.2 lakh in various phases, citing different reasons.

However, since the accused failed to provide a visa or return the money, a case was registered at the Dharmasthala police station under IPC sections 417 and 420.

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