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Rich haul of gold seized at Mangaluru Airport in January

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February 5, 2016

Mangaluru, Feb 4: Officers of Customs at Mangalore International Airport detected several cases of smuggling of contraband and seized 1.16-kgs of gold, foreign currency equivalent to Rs 3.47 lakh and 129 cartons of foreign cigarettes, all in January.

goldIn the first case detected by officers of air intelligence unit, which was formed last month, five numbers of 10 tola gold bars, weighing 583.250 grams and valued over Rs 15.45 lakh was recovered. These were ingeniously concealed in central core portion of steel type hot and cold water tap mixers brought in a carton box by a passenger who arrived from Dubai.

Further in another seizure, airport Customs officers seized 581 grams of gold valued over Rs 15.33 lakh found concealed in the form of washers fixed to the lining of two stroller bags carried by a passenger, who arrived from Dubai.

In another detection, foreign currency amounting to 18500 UAE Dirham equivalent to Rs 3,46,875 was seized from possession of a passenger departing to Dubai, as the passenger was attempted to smuggle it out of India without valid documents. Besides, 129 cartons of foreign cigarettes valued about Rs 2.04 lakh was recovered and seized in five cases as they were devoid of statutory pictorial warning.

The officers have been profiling passengers who are frequent travellers with short visits to thwart efforts to smuggle contraband. Considering the frequent detections being made, smugglers are changing their modes of concealment and adopting novel modus operandi. However, the officers are thwarting such efforts by adopting the profiling techniques coupled with filed intelligence, M Subramaniyam, customs commissioner stated in a communique here on Thursday.

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Tuesday, 26 Apr 2016

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March 29,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 29: Twenty more people were

detected with coronavirus in Kerala on Saturday, taking the total number of those undergoing treatment for the deadly infection to 181, Health Minister K K Shailaja said.

While Kannur reported eight cases, Kasaragod 7, Thiruvananthapuram, Ernkulam, Thrissur, Palakad and Malappuram reported one case each, Shailaja said in a statement here.

Of the 20 people, 18 had come from abroad and two others had been infected through contact.

The man found positive here was in the isolation ICU of the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College hospital, while one positive case from Ernakulam was a health worker.

The samples of four persons who were under treatment at Pathnamthitta were found negative.

At least, 1,41,211 people are under observation across the state, the Minister addd.

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January 14,2020

Udupi, Jan 14: The Udupi district police on Tuesday arrested two suspected terrorists at the Indrali railway station in Udupi.

The two, who had reportedly arrived from Kerala at around 6 ap.m., were standing at the Indrali railway station platform.

Suspicious of their behaviour, the police took them to custody and subjected them to interrogation.

According to reports the duo had involved in the murder of Tamil Nadu police Special Sub-Inspector Wilson.

However, top cop of the district has refused to comment regarding the arrest of the youths.

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June 19,2020

Bengaluru, June 19: The throat swabs of a Bengaluru-based Kannada journalist, who passed away on June 18, were tested positive for the covid-19, officials said.

Gauripura Chandru (54), who was one of the sub-editors of Vijaya Karnataka Kannada daily newspaper, had reportedly suffered cardiac arrest.

It is learnt that Chandru wasn’t keeping well for past few days. He collapsed at his home on Thursday afternoon and was immediately rushed to a hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.

A native of Gauripura in Chitradurga district, Chandru had completed graduation in engineering. However, he had chosen journalism as his profession.

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