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Pune Customs nabs missing link of gold-smuggling ring
Pune Customs nabs missing link of gold-smuggling ring
ByArchana MoreArchana More / Updated: Jul 17, 2021, 06:00 IST
The
Air Intelligence unit of the
Pune Customs arrested a member of a syndicate smuggling gold paste from Dubai. The investigation revealed that Arshad Ahmed, who was arrested last week, was monitoring operations of the Penkar gold paste smuggling syndicate in
Maharashtra.
Kondhwa resident Arshad was arrested and produced in court; his bail application was rejected on the basis of the crime’s severity.
He is considered to be the missing link of the smuggling syndicate behind the gold paste case, which was unearthed back in 2019. During the period from November 30 to December 7, 2019, the syndicate smuggled gold paste worth Rs 1.5 crore through Pune International Airport.
July 13, 2021
MANSEHRA/TIMERGARA: Four people, including two children, were killed and two others injured in rain-related incidents in Mansehra and Timergara districts.
It was learnt that flash floods triggered by heavy rain wreaked havoc as two people were killed in Mansehra.
Many houses also collapsed and roads got blocked because of landslides in the district. The heavy rains, which lashed the Hazara division, caused heavy floods in local rivers and streams as a result of which many houses were destroyed.
Mohammad Zeeshan was buried alive when the wall of a house collapsed in Upper Channia area in Mansehra. His body was retrieved by Rescue 1122.
A car and motorcycles buried in debris after a wall collapsed due to heavy rain in Abbottabad on Monday. Dawn
MANSEHRA: Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains killed four people, including two minor girls, destroyed houses and blocked roads in several districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday night and Monday.
The wall of a house collapsed in Upper Channia area of Mansehra district leaving Mohammad Zeeshan, 25, buried under the debris.
The Rescue 1122 personnel recovered the body.
Mohammad Farhan, 9, died after his house was inundated by floodwaters in Pano Dehri area. The downpour flooded a local stream inundating dozen of houses in the area and adjoining localities.