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Mangalore: Eight passengers caught at airport with 1000 packs of cigarettes

  •   Sat, Oct 05 2013 01:35:11 PM

Mangalore: Eight passengers caught at airport with 1000 packs of cigarettes

Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore

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Mangalore, Oct 5: The officials of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mangalore branch, on Saturday October 5 arrested eight passengers at Mangalore International Airport for trying to smuggle in cigarettes worth Rs 10.35 lac.

The passengers have been identified as Abdur Rehman, Abdul Aziz, Abdur Rehman, Abdul Ghafoor, Abdul Khader, Mohammed Shafi, Mohammed Kunhi and Habeeb, all from Kasargod.

The eight were caught after they landed from Dubai by Air India Express flight on Saturday morning.

It is said that the officials seized 1035 packets of cigarettes worth Rs 10.35 lac from the accused.

Sources said that the cigarettes were meant for sale in Mumbai, where there is high demand for foreign brands of cigarettes.

The case has been handed over to customs for further investigation.
  

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  • Amin Bhoja, Patte / Riyadh

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    Kudlada King
    Mangalore
    I bit surprised to see your Rugby Team but in India we play cricket why because it is famous and another game we play and it is Kabbaddi too famous!!!! and in each game people involved and it is a Team work i.e what you mean !!!.Good going Goli Goli Seven...

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  • Peter Pereira, Nagoya, Japan

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    Adil Khan, Kasargod, if the country is polluted you want the people to pollute our beloved State as well ? Sorry boss, we Kannadigas are well mannered, peace loving, educated peopled do not want to be polluted by lungies as they polluted Gulf countries.

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  • Kevin, Mangalore

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    Kasargod badly needs an airport of its own, considering the amount of smuggling some of their people are involved in.

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  • Shankar, Mangalore

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    Series of comments on the land of the culprits!!
    For heaven's sake, havent any one noticed another common factor among these smugglers caught in Mangalore airport?
    My fellow readers have wisely shown a blind eye to a sparkling common factor because they all are worried if it will hurt their seccccular stand!
    Comon guys, atlease hit an agree if you find another major similarity among these culprits apart from that they are from Kerala.

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  • Vashal, Mangalore

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    Why these people not learn to earn money with the hard work rather than all these robbery work.

    Yes. Put them behind the bar for years & ban their passport.

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  • Bollu, Mangalore

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    Eight Gang Members are innocent..
    Please leave them for God Sake...
    Never Improve..I bet..
    Wants to wait end of Kaliyug...

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  • kerala express, sardar naveed thirththalli/dubai

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    short way for earing huge money,wake up guys avoid stupid way.

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  • najmus, byndoor/dammam

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    whatever be the act, haram or halal it doesn't matter to some, and for the smuggling if caught the revenue goes to our Indian govt. let the fools bring it and our authorities will hole them up and money goes to India. Jai Ho

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  • Manglorean, Mangalore

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    Please BAN all the " KASARGODians" to enter our Mangalore Airport. They spoil the image of our TULUNADU.

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  • J saheb,

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    Truely said Manglorean.
    Bcoz of this we are suffering in airports..these thugs should be banned to enter manglore airport.

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  • anthony dsouza, mangalore

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    Numbers do not add up here. Do the math.1035 packets of smokes worth 10.35 lacs?

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  • shankar, mangalore

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    Mr. Ifthikar mangalore, are there still people on earth taking fatwas seriously? I have read about many stupid ones from Delhi. They were so stupid that I can recollect only that they were stupid and not any of the contents!

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  • Abdulla Amin, Udupi / Bahrain

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    So what? Cigarettes are not flesh and cash, which the hon. govt is unable to control.

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  • mohideen, mangalore

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    cigaretts is not a banned items.It appear the news is not about the cigarette but about the particular place from where this people came.and from the comments and view it appear that some people want to use the news to give bad name to a particular section of the people or region. if the cigrettes is conficicated the govt. will sell it and earn money so why there is hue and cry.

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  • Ifthikhar, Mangalore / KSA

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    @Peace Lover, India: For your kind information in Saudi Arabia Islamic scholars have given fatwa declaring smoking as Haram based on the following two verses from the holy Quran: 1. Sura No. 7 (Al Araf) - verse No. 157 wherein unclean things have been forbidden. And also in Sura No. 17 (Al Isra) verse No. 26 & 27 Allah says squanderers are brothers of satans, and the Satan will not enter the Paradise.

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  • Kudlada King, Mangalore

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    All persons from Kasargode are not smugglers.
    But all smugglers are from Kasargode! Thus they make crores of ill gotten wealth.
    No wonder that almost 90% of all the posh flats and bungalows built in and around Mangalore are bought by the people from Kasargode!
    Also most of them own posh cars! You go to nay jewelers, you will find these people buying gold as if buying chana dal!Same story at any high end nursing home.

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  • veera pinto, Mangalore

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    Nayeem Khan
    Air India Express generate revenue from Kasaragod people as well. Many Mangaloreans are now opted for other airlines. If there is airport for Kerala people which is in Kasaragod I dont thing they will every come into Mlore airport. Therefore, thank those passengers who helps to run AIE...
    We need to be open minded as none of us owning any airports by regional people.

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  • Agnel, Udupi

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    This is understood, before reading the article people will come to know they are from Kasargod or Bhatkal.

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  • Amin Bhoja, Patte / Riyadh

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    In front of Gold worth of crores this cigarettes of one lakh the smuggling looks bit pale !!!.

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  • Kudlada King, Mangalore

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    Dear Mr. Amin,
    Have you ever played Rugby?. In Rugby, you run with a football and when your opponent tries to tackle you, you pass a "Dummy". He thinks you have passed the ball to your team mate and will tackle him. However, the ball is safe with you.
    What I mean to say is that, a team of smugglers must have arrived with many Kilo's of gold. The guy with the cigarette is only a "Dummy"! When the custom officials are busy booking the guy with the cigarettes, rest all of the gold smugglers passed through safely! This is a carefully planned team work.
    Think about it. My logic makes good sense.

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  • Hakim, Dubai

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    You Are right Kudlathe king.Its a team work. All who are involved in smuggling activities thinking about money, they dont bother family,friends,relatives,or religion. This kind of people must be punished, but the sad thing is as you said like a rugby team, its a team work. who knows even it might including customs officers or govt hands joined to pass the ball. they might seized those items while they allowed other smuggling without anyone knowledge!!.So evryones attention on Cigerette.

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  • Muzaffar Ali , Mangalore/Riyadh

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    @Kudlada King, Mangalore
    Good .. your mind works like James Bond Goli Goli Seven

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  • Hubert D'souza, Mangalore Dubai

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    Kasaragod people are making efforts to make news.We required secret officer like JAMES BOND in Mangalore airport.

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  • Ramchandra Kini, Mangalore

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    Once again, a person from the Malabar region !

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  • Peter Pereira, Nagoya, Japan

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    You are right Ramachandra sir ! One more trophy of great achievement. Dog's tail can never be straight.

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  • Ifthikhar, Mangalore / KSA

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    I am sure they are not reading Daijiworld. Smoking is Haram (prohibited) in Islam but little people know about it.

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  • Peace Lover, India

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    Dear Iftikhar, mangalore
    Islamic scholars have historically had mixed views about tobacco, and until recently, there has not been a clear, unanimous fatwa to allow or forbid cigarette smoking. Hence we cannot call smoking as Haram.

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  • Sanjay A, udupi

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    To Peace lover & Ifthikar
    The passengers were caught in the airport are not smokers, so they don't bother whether its haram or halal to them.

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  • Lingappa, Kuppepadavu/Dublin

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    As I clicked the headline & waited for the article to come up, I placed a bet with myself ''for sure the culprit is from Kgod'.
    I think we should have a separate Red screening counter for Kgod passengers.

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  • Allen, Mangalore

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    Don't be so confident always! Our Bhatkal is no less!

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    Petty thieves. What about big Robbers??

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  • Nayeem Khan, Managalore

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    Need to protest against People from Kasargod to land in Mangalore airport...from past few years we see only kasargod people are making illegal offense which give bad impression on our region and our reputation.

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  • Alex, Mangalore- melbourne

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    Unfortunately, air india express started its operation from mangalore considering only the kerala clients.instead of protest please wait once the Kannur airport starts functioning , airinida including emirates and ethihad will fly from there and for us will be an opportunity to fly by business class or whatever you wish from there, and will protest to close mangalore airport then. it makes sense, is it not?

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  • Aadil Khan, Kasaragod, Saudi Arabia

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    Naeem,

    Looks like you read news only around South Kanara and Karnataka. Let your reading habit expand further on the amount of crimes and illegal activities taking place in other states of the country.

    What the catches we read about at IXE airport are nothing comparing to the scams and corruptions prevailed day in and day out in our country.

    By the way, you can not ask for barring the usage of airport by people of a certain region.

    Grow up man......

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  • DINESH SHETTY, PADUBIDRI/DUBAI

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    You are absolutely right sir.

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  • Bollu, Mangalore

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    Nayeem Khan...
    Rasheed Malbari and Yasin Bhatkal are also from Mangalore..
    More dangerous than people from kasargod..Jai Ho..

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  • Anti-khan, pallikkere

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    hello khan,
    you are just reading daijiworld and posting stupid comments. come out daijiworld and expand your reading habits.. there bigger criminals than this in mangalore and else where.. you cannot just blame entire community or people if some one commits such act.. be matured in your comments

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  • ISMAIL.K.PERINJE, PERINJE-YANBU/KSA

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    Cigarette smoking is injurious to health !!Probably main reason for killer decease....1000 Packets!!!Certainly for commercial purpose.Some are how KASARAGODE passengers are mainly involved in such illegal business and that makes other passengers to taste custom's scan/quiz.....

    1000Pkt x20 each cigars = one lakh rupees? Compute mistake?

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  • Naveen, Moodbidri

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    a small piece of gold inside...i guess..so 1 lakh..

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  • Kudlada King, Mangalore

    Sun, Oct 06 2013

    FYI: The cigarettes shown in the photo are GUDANG GARAM which are made in Indonesia and other far eastern counties.
    No one in and around Mangalore smoke then.The cigarettes are mainly made out of cloves and a bit of tobacco.
    Then who is going to smoke this huge amount of cigarettes?
    I think they are filled with hashish or some other narcotic substance.

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  • Uksattar, Uchil/muscat

    Sat, Oct 05 2013

    KL420's caught once again.ha ha ha,,,,,

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