Puttur : 4 arrested while smuggling diamond stones in car

Mangalore Today News Network

Puttur, May 23, 2014 : Puttur rural police who have foiled an attempt to illegally transport diamond stones in a car, have arrested four persons at Santyaru in Aryapu village of Puttur taluk on May 21, Wednesday night. The accused have been produced before the court and remanded to judicial custody.

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Those arrested are Ajmal Pasha (23) of KR Nagar in Mysore, Shakur alias Abdul Shakur (24) of Sarve in Puttur, Isubu (24 ) also of the same village and Azeez KE (43) of Sullia.

The police team led by Puttur Rural SI Jagadish Reddy who acted on a tip off stopped the red colour Maruti 800 car at Santyar when stones resembling diamond were found. Though the accused tried to mislead the police, they were taken to the station when it came to light that they were diamonds and they intended to sell them to a man of Chitradurga origin who is in Puttur.

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