11 held on dacoity charge

Police have seized 300 grams of gold that had been sold to a jeweller in Kanhangad, Kerala

Central Crime Branch (CCB) and Moodbidri police personnel arrested 11 persons in connection with one case of dacoity and a related case of attempt to commit dacoity in Moodbidri Police limits. Police Commissioner N. Shashi Kumar told reporters here that Mohammed Mahaz, 20, of Uppala in Kasargod, Kerala, with several criminal cases and residing in Beluvai near Moodbidri, and Mohammed Adil, 25, of Uppala were arrested in connection with kidnap and dacoity of 440 grams of gold. The police recovered 300 g of gold sold to a jeweller in Kanhangad in Kerala for ₹13,86,600. Mr. Kumar said Rehman Sheikh from Mumbai had sent a parcel to his relative Syed Hyder Ali of Bengaluru through Vaquar Yunus of Moodbidri in May first week. Learning about the consignment, Mahaz, a friend of Yunus, asked him to come to Beluvai. Mahaz, Adil and others met Yunus at Puchchemogaru and took him to Uppala and looted 440 grams of gold that was in the parcel sent by Sheikh, before releasing him.