DUBAI: The Customs have arrested a passenger, who had come in from Dubai, for illegal smuggling of 1.4 kg of gold at the Mangaluru International Airport on Friday. According to an official press release, Customs sleuths checked the baggage of the passenger and found him carrying an unusually heavy voltage converter.
When it was examined, they found three rectangular-shaped, silver-painted bars concealed in the coil of the voltage converter. The passenger reportedly admitted that they were 24-carat gold bars. The passenger was arrested for contravention of provisions of the Customs Act, 1962, and Baggage Rules 1998. The man was produced before the Principal Civil Judge (Senior Division) Mangaluru.
He has been remanded in judicial custody for 14 days.Arrested A man was arrested on the charge of kidnapping, raping and murdering a 21-year-old woman at Karikudlu near Goliangady village in Kundapur taluk on Thursday night. The police said she was stalked by one Manikantha (23) while she was returning home from work at a hardware shop in Goliangady. He later allegedly raped and killed her. “Manikantha had consumed alcohol,” said Circle Inspector P.M. Diwaker.
The accused is said to have returned to Goliangady and sought the help of one Annappa to dispose of the body. When the woman went missing, a massive search was launched. Her body was traced around 8 p.m., and after about three hours, the accused was arrested near Goliangady. Manikantha had been arrested last year for sexually harassing a woman. The woman is the daughter of a farm labourer.
