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In a major operation, authorities at Chennai airport on Friday evening seized drugs worth Rs 100 crore from a passenger who arrived from Addis Ababa, by Ethiopian Airlines. According to reports, Chennai airport customs officials intercepted a passenger identified as Iqbal Basha of Indian nationality and seized 9.5 kg of drugs, including cocaine and heroin.

First time in the history of Chennai airport such huge haul of drugs seized from a single person. Basha (38) was arrest by officials after he was found with such massive cache of drugs. Enquiry is on to nab the kingpin behind the racket.

Cocaine and heroin were concealed in his checked-in baggage and footwear totally weighing 9.590 kgs amounting to Rs 100 crore. As per customs department, the substance was seized under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

This comes weeks after Customs department seized Heroin worth Rs 8.86 crore from a Tanzanian citizen at Chennai airport in July. According to a report by news agency PTI, officials intercepted the passenger who arrived here from Entebbe, Uganda, on July 14 and recovered the drug which was in capsule form.

The passenger had reportedly swallowed 86 capsules and on extraction, the drug weighing 1.26 kg worth Rs 8.86 crore was recovered from him. The drug was seized under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985 and Customs Act, 1962.

Even in June, customs wing of the Chennai International Airport foiled a smuggling bid by a passenger who arrived on an Emirates flight concealing gold as foils and bits in four refurbished phones worth Rs 30 lakh, news agency IANS reported.

The passenger Mohammed Kasim of Chepauk landed at Chennai airport and was intercepted by the Customs officials. However on frisking him, nothing was found, but after a close examination of the electronic gadgets in his person found that four phones were refurbished and when it was opened, gold foils and bits of gold were found concealed in the phones.

In a similar incident that took place in May, the customs department had recovered heroin worth Rs 6.58 crore and arrested Uganda national for allegedly smuggling it into India.

The Delhi International Airport Limited ( DIAL ) launched a beta version of the DigiYatra app on the Android platform that will allow passengers to avail of a quicker check-in at the Indira Gandhi International Airport’s Terminal 3. Under the Digi Yatra project, a passenger will pass through various checkpoints at the airport through paperless and contactless processing, using facial features to establish an identity that would be linked to the boarding pass.

“DIAL had installed the required facility at Terminal 3 of Delhi Airport and had already conducted its DigiYatra trials. Nearly 20,000 passengers had a seamless and secure travel experience after using the facility during the trials,” its statement noted.

These 20,000-odd passengers then submitted their biometric and other details through kiosks at Terminal 3 for their specific flights.

Now, passengers will submit their biometrics and other details through this app and it will remain stored for all the flights he or she will take at the Delhi airport’s Terminal 3. A passenger need not submit the biometric details at Terminal 3 before each flight.

The beta version of the DigiYatra app is available on the Andriod platform and will be available on the IOS platform in a few weeks, the DIAL said, adding the app will be used by the passengers to do their entire biometric registration.

After downloading the app, the passenger will have to register his or her phone number and Aadhar card details. Then, the passenger has to take a selfie, add vaccination details and scan the boarding pass, it said.

A man who gunned down a perceived rival on a winding, bush-clad Coromandel highway has been jailed for 14 years – and treated to a harsh sendoff from court.

“Rot, you fat f…,” yelled the family of Bayden Williams to Adrian Phillips as he was ushered from a courtroom in Hamilton on Tuesday.

Following an almost six-week trial in the High Court at Hamilton earlier this year, Adrian Reginald George Phillips, 24, was found guilty of murdering Bayden Williams, 20.

Williams was found dead on the side of the Kopu-Hikuai Rd on the Coromandel Peninsula on the evening of Wednesday, August 5, 2020.

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The jury found Phillips had deliberately rammed Williams’ vehicle off a twisting stretch of road. When Williams attempted to climb up a bank back to the roadside, about 7pm that night, Phillips fatally injured him by shooting him three times – in the thigh, shoulder and, finally, his head – with a shotgun.

Phillips’ defence case, led by Ron Mansfield, QC, was that he had fired in self-defence because he believed Williams was advancing on him with a knife. However, the jury agreed with the Crown case, led by Rebecca Mann and Jacinda Hamilton, that Phillips was in a murderous rage when he opened fire and had effectively ambushed Williams on the dark, twisting highway.

There had been bad blood between Phillips and Williams and his father, Lance Williams. The two families had been linked by a pair of twin sisters, one of whom was Phillips’ partner, the other the former partner of Williams – and with whom he had a son, Loki. The pair were rekindling a relationship at the time he was killed.

Phillips returned to the High Court at Hamilton on Wednesday for his sentencing before Justice Melanie Harland.

Lance Williams was also there, and he and his wife, Tracy, and brother Josh spoke of their anguish at hearing the manner of Bayden Williams’ death.

Lance Williams was evidently still furious at the man who killed his son “and rolled him into the bush like some animal”.

Seeing his son in a body bag “with one side of his face blown off” was an image that would always stay with him.

“Had I known you were capable of such a brutal act … I would never have opened my door to you.”

Tracy Williams told Phillips her son was “a people pleaser – a humble dude who made everyone welcome, as he did with you.

“He was such a spark of light in our lives, and you have snuffed him out.”

Josh Williams had a blunt assessment of the situation: “You have broken the hearts of many … I hope your time in prison is miserable with every waking moment.”

Mansfield said the actions of Phillips reflected a failure of the mental health system. His client had suffered horrific injuries in a fuel explosion about a year and a half before the shooting, and he had subsequently been assaulted by Lance and Bayden Williams in a confrontation in Tairua earlier that year.

“The consequences are sadly real. While the physical injuries may have healed, the emotional injuries remained real and raw.”

His issues “had not been adequately identified and treated. If they were, we would not be here today.”

In her submissions, Hamilton said Phillips “chose to put his desire for revenge to the fore. He armed himself … and knowing his capacity for anger he engineered a confrontation likely to trigger him[self].

“This offending is not the result of a mental illness. It is the result of the actions of a vengeful and angry man.”

Justice Harland described Phillips’ decision to intercept Williams’ car on the road as “an impulsive and irrational decision … You were not intending to have a civilised discussion to clear the air between you.”

She stopped short of describing the murder as premeditated, however.

Phillips’ case was comparable to other recent killers, including that of “stop-go” murderer Quentin Winders and the case of Raglan tourist murderer Mark Garson .

Hamilton had sought a minimum period of imprisonment of 15-and-a-half years. Mansfield asked for a 10-year minimum.

Phillips had tendered a letter to the court “offering my wholehearted apology … for what happened”.

“I will never forgive myself for what I did.”

Before the trial, Phillips had pleaded guilty to charges of unlawful possession of a shotgun and ammunition, and the judge sentenced him to a concurrent six months for those offences.

RAPPER A$AP Rocky has been charged in connection to a 2021 shooting in California, said the state’s district attorney on Monday.

A$AP Rocky , real name Rakim Mayers, is facing two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm with allegations of personally using a firearm.

District Attorney George Gascón revealed his office filed the charges against Mayers following the alleged assault against a former friend last November.

The two men allegedly got into an argument on November 6, 2021, which escalated and resulted in the rapper allegedly firing the handgun at the other man, according to authorities.

The Los Angeles Police Department said the victim sustained a minor injury and Mayers allegedly fled the scene with two other people.

He was arrested in April of this year at LAX following a vacation in Barbados with girlfriend, Rihanna.

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“Discharging a gun in a public place is a serious offense that could have ended with tragic consequences not only for the person targeted but also for innocent bystanders visiting Hollywood,’ said Gascón in a statement.

“My office conducted a thorough review of the evidence in this case and determined that the addition of a special firearm allegation was warranted.”

Rocky is also being sued for assault and battery by a former member of the ASAP Mob, ASAP Relli, who claims that he is the alleged victim in the shooting.

Relli claims he was hit with bullet fragments and suffered injuries as a result.

Mayers is scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday.

He is out on $550,000 bail, reported LATimes .

The U.S. Sun has reached out to A$AP Rocky’s reps for comment.