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For Concealing Gold Paste In Underwear Man Held In Trichy Airport

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The officials first couldn’t find any gold, but when they scanned his underwear, they discovered a packet containing a paste

Chennai: Customs department at Trichy Airport held a man for carrying gold paste worth Rs. 15 Lakh concealed in custom-made underwear. Officials caught him based on a tip they had received.

The man was traveling from Singapore to Trichy via an Indigo aircraft. The officials first couldn’t find any gold, but when they scanned his undergarments, they discovered a packet containing a paste.

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Between two layers of stitched-together material, a parcel was hidden. The underwear was torn off, the paste was chemically processed, and 301 g of 24-carat gold worth Rs. 15.32 lakh was removed.

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IAF Jets Scrambled After Receiving “Bomb Threat” On An Iranian Plane Flying Over India Into China

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Indian Air Force fighter jets were scrambled to intercept an aircraft with its origin in Iran and headed to China, which was moving towards New Delhi airspace.

New Delhi:  Indian Air Force fighter jets were scrambled to intercept an aircraft with its origin in Iran and headed to China, which was moving towards New Delhi airspace.

According to sources, inputs were received at 9:20 am by Delhi Police about a bomb threat on board a Mahan Air flight headed to Guangzhou in China from Tehran in Iran.

It triggered an alert and permission was not granted for the plane to land in Delhi and the plane was instructed by Air Traffic Control (ATC) to divert to Jaipur.

Reportedly the pilot refused to divert the plane following which Indian Air Force jets were scrambled to intercept and escort the plane.

The aircraft was headed to China as its final destination, had entered Indian airspace when the alert from Indian Air Traffic Control was shared with the plane. Indian Air Force Su-30MKI fighter jets from Punjab and Jodhpur airbases were scrambled to intercept the plane, sources told

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Data from Filghtradar24 showed the plane reducing altitude over the Delhi-Jaipur airspace for a brief period before it was seen making its way out of Indian airspace.

According to ATC sources, Mahan Air requested for immediate landing at Delhi airport but Delhi ATC directed it to head to Jaipur Airport. The pilots of the Iranian carrier did not do so and eventually left Indian airspace.

The nature of the bomb threat is still unclear.

The plane was seen continuing on its flight path towards China.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by HW News staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

 

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