Stephan Kayyar
Daijiworld Media Network – Kasargod (EP)
Kasargod, Nov 21: The Manjeshwar station excise department personnel confiscated Rs 18 lacs Hawala cash from a bus passenger here on Tuesday, November 22.
They have detained Nithin (35), a resident of Solhapur in Maharashtra in this connection. The cash was found during the inspection of a KSRTC bus running from Mangaluru to Kasargod. Nithin has said that the cash was given to him by a Maharashtra resident to be handed over to a Kasargod resident.
The cash and the suspect have been handed over to Manjeshwar police for further investigations.