In a suspected case of debit card cloning, a medical student on Friday found Rs. 1.18 lakh withdrawn from his account.
In a complaint filed with the Mangaluru North police, Mohammed Toufeeq, a Malaysian who is an MBBS student of Kastruba Medical College, said he was shocked to see messages on his mobile phone about withdrawal of Rs. 1.18 lakh from his account between 10.47 p.m. of Thursday (June 18) and 5.04 a.m. of Friday. The police said preliminary investigation had revealed that the amount had been removed from ATMs abroad.
They suspected that the debit card must have been cloned.
Cannabis seized
Customs sleuths on Thursday arrested a 31-year-old resident of Kasaragod, Kerala, for alleged possession of 4.11 kg of cannabis at Mangaluru International Airport.
According to a press release on Friday, security personnel of Air India tipped off the Customs sleuths about Mohammed Ershad Chemberika carrying the narcotic substance.
The Customs sleuths recovered a container with 4.11 kg cannabis, valued at Rs. 5 lakh, from his baggage.
The release said Mr. Chemberika was bound to Doha by an Air India Express flight. He was arrested and produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, who remanded him in judicial custody.
