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Mumbai News: IndiGo Airlines Staffer Arrested With 33 Gold Bars Worth Rs.2.13 Cr At Airport

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Mumbai: An IndiGo airline ground staff was arrested with 33 Gold Bars valued over Rs 2.13 crore by the customs air intelligence unit (AIU) on the intervening night of 11-12 December at Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.

The 10 tolas 33 pieces of 24 KT gold weighing 3845.00 grams were seized from the IndiGo airlines ground staff under close surveillance for several days on intelligence developed by the Mumbai Customs of developed intel about the smuggling racket of Gold from the airport tarmac and inline area of the airport by the ground staff employed for handling the passenger baggage.

Staffer Held Over Suspicion

On the night of 11.12.2023, as a consequence of this surveillance, officers of Mumbai Airport Customs apprehended a ground staff working with IndiGo Airlines, based on his suspicious movement, in the inline area where baggage from IndiGo flight 6E 1454 coming from Dubai was being offloaded onto the baggage belt.

The ground staff, on being apprehended, started to threaten the officers and even attacked the officers physically and tried to escape. However, the officers secured the loader and thereafter personal search of the employee resulted in the recovery of 17 Gold Bars concealed between two mobile covers kept in the trousers worn by him.

Several Bags Checked, 16 More Gold Bars Found

Further, when the loader was asked about his bag pack which the loaders usually keep in a locker, he misled the officers to the wrong bag kept at commonplace used by other staff. When officers checked the bag described by him nothing objectionable was found. Not satisfied officers decided to check from huge number of bags kept there to see if there was anything unusual. While checking one bag, on lifting one bag was found very heavy, from which a further recovery of 16 more Gold Bars was made.

When confronted, he admitted that this was actually his bag from which recovery was made and he deliberately misled the officers to the wrong bag to avoid detection of gold concealed in the bag. Thus, a total of 33 Gold Bars valued over 2.13 crore were recovered from the IndiGo Airlines employee. The employee was arrested and further investigations are on.

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Mira-Bhayandar: Police Busts Illicit Liquor Brewing Den In Nallasopara

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Mira Bhayandar: Further tightening their screws against illicit liquor mafia ahead of the assembly elections scheduled to be held on 20, November, the Mira Road-based central crime branch unit attached to the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai (MBVV) police busted yet another massive illicit liquor brewing unit which was operating from a hillock in a dense jungle area in Nallasopara on Thursday.

Acting on a tip-off, a team led by assistant police inspector- Dattatray Sarak marched 2-kilometre-deep inside the jungle area located in the Dhaniv Baug area of Nallasopara (east) at around 8 am.

The team seized multiple barrels of hooch along with ingredients including 2,800 litres of fermented jaggery wash, 140 litres of liquor, chemicals and other manufacturing equipment collectively worth more than Rs. 1.42 lakh.

However, the den operator identified as- Prabhakar Bhoye and his employees managed to evade the police dragnet. The entire material and equipment were destroyed on the spot.

An offence under the relevant sections of the Maharashtra Prohibition Act-1949 for construction/works of any distillery or brewery and manufacturing intoxicants has been registered in this context at the Pelhar police station.

The consumption of illicit liquor which is unscientifically manufactured by using toxic chemicals like methanol and rectified spirit can cause deaths and other serious ailments including loss of eyesight. Further investigations were underway.

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Wildlife Smuggling Racket Busted: Rare Snakes, Reptiles, Caged Orangutan Rescued From Dombivli House

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Thane: In a significant operation exposing a wildlife smuggling racket, the Forest Officials rescued rare species of animals from a highrise in Dombivli. The officials raided an apartment in Palava City, Dombivli and found exotic animals including lizard, turtles, rare species snakes and other reptiles stored in the flat. Horrifying enough, the team found a monkey caged in the washroom of the apartment.

It was later confirmed that the rescued animals included Ignuana (lizard), an Orangutan and python. The operation was conducted by the Forest Range Officers from Thane and Kalyan along with a team from Manpada Police Station after a tip.

The officials did not find any accused present in the apartment at the time of the raid. A case under the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 has been registered and a search for the accused is underway. Meanwhile, the seized species are handed over to a local NGO on a temporary basis for observation.

The video of the forest officials raid surfaced on the internet shows a boy opening the door of the well-kept apartment. After entering the flat, the officials gradually come across wildlife species stores in small cage, plastic boxes piled up in the passage and shocking enough an Orangutan in washroom at the end of the apartment.

As per the statement issued by the police, the teams raided the 8th floor apartment in B wing of Savarna Building in Palava City, Dombivli. In the action, the exotic animals seized as prima facie identified as python, ignuana (lizard), turtle, snake etc. The seized wildlife species, on temporary basis, are handed over to Birsa Munda- a local NGO. The pachanama, documentation and search for the accused is underway, it added.

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Mumbai: Unidentified Body Of Man Chopped Into 7 Pieces Stuffed In Plastic Boxes Found Near Gorai Beach; Probe On

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Mumbai: The dismembered body of a man, estimated to be between 25 and 40 years old, was discovered in several plastic boxes on the side road which goes to Gorai Beach in Mumbai on Sunday.

Upon receiving the information, police arrived at the scene and took the body into custody. It was later sent for a post-mortem examination. The body has not yet been identified, and a case has been registered.

According to police, on Sunday, a male body was found near Picxy Hotel, Babar Pada, Gorai, Borivali West. The body was cut into seven parts and packed in four plastic boxes. The deceased, believed to be between 25 and 40 years old, was wearing dark blue jeans and black shoes. His right hand bore tattoos.

A resident named Santosh Shinde, 55, from Mira Road, informed the Gorai police after learning about the incident. The Gorai police recovered the body from Shefali village in the Babarpada area.

A forensic team is currently investigating the case, and inquiries are ongoing in the vicinity of the incident location. Police have stated that the recovered body remains unidentified. The Gorai police have registered a case, and further investigation is underway.

A special team has been formed to investigate, and information is being gathered from CCTV footage and nearby police stations to assist in identifying the body.

A police officer said that the body was sent to Bhagwati Hospital for a post-mortem. “We can’t conclude anything immediately, as we are still investigating the matter,” the officer said.

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