Karnataka businessman duped by trio posing as Customs officers, 1 held

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Sahar police arrested a woman and are looking for her two male associates who, posing as Customs officials, duped a Karnataka-based businessman of US dollars and UAE dirhams totaling Rs 26 lakh at the Mumbai airport...

The accused caught the businessman outside the airport and, under the pretext of checking his bag in the scanner machine, escaped with his bag, which contained 25,000 US dollars and 25,000 dirhams..

The complainant, Saurabh Sajjad Husaain, 32, a precious stone businessman had come to Mumbai on May 25 to see off his two friends, who were scheduled to go to Dubai from Mumbai airport on May 30...